Psalms 71:3

1 In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.

2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.

Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.

4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

5 For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Be my rock of refuge, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress.
KJV
Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
WEB
Be to me a rock of refuge to which I may always go. Give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.
ASV
Be thou to me a rock of habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: Thou hast given commandment to save me; For thou art my rock and my fortress.
DARBY
Be to me a rock of habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
BLB
May You be to me as a rock, a habitation, to go in continually; You have given a command to save me, for You [are] my rock and my fortress.
ÅB
Vær meg en klippe til bolig, dit jeg alltid kan gå, du som har fastsatt frelse for meg! For du er min klippe og min festning.
OTB
Vær for meg en klippebolig som jeg alltid kan komme til;
Du har gitt befaling om å frelse meg,
For du er min klippe og min festning.
B1930
Vær mig en klippe til bolig, dit jeg alltid kan gå, du som har fastsatt frelse for mig! For du er min klippe og min festning.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 18:2

    The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

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  • Proverbs 18:10

    The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

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  • Deuteronomy 33:27

    The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.

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  • Psalms 31:2–3

    Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.

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  • Psalms 91:11–12

    For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

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  • Psalms 91:9

    Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;

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  • Psalms 42:8

    Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.

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  • Isaiah 33:16

    He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.

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