My goodness, fortress, my high tow'r, deliverer, and shield, In whom I trust: who under me my people makes to yield.
Psalm 71:3 - Psalms of David in Metre 1650 (Scottish Psalter) Be thou my dwelling-rock, to which I ever may resort: Thou gav'st commandment me to save, for thou'rt my rock and fort. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Be to me a rock of refuge in which to dwell, and a sheltering stronghold to which I may continually resort, which You have appointed to save me, for You are my Rock and my Fortress. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Be my rock of refuge where I can always escape. You commanded that my life be saved because you are my rock and my fortress. Catholic Public Domain Version Let the mountains take up peace for the people, and the hills, justice. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Let the mountains receive peace for the people: and the hills justice. |
My goodness, fortress, my high tow'r, deliverer, and shield, In whom I trust: who under me my people makes to yield.
My fortress is the Lord, My rock, and he that doth to me deliverance afford: My God, my strength, whom I will trust, a buckler unto me, The horn of my salvation, and my high tow'r, is he.
Upon the Lord, who worthy is of praises, will I cry; And then shall I preserved be safe from mine enemy.
His loving-kindness yet the Lord command will in the day, His song's with me by night; to God, by whom I live, I'll pray:
Thy God commands thy strength; make strong what thou wrought'st for us, Lord.
Because the Lord, who constantly my refuge is alone, Ev'n the most High, is made by thee thy habitation;