Psalm 71:3 - The Scriptures 2009

³ Be to me a rock to dwell in, To go into continually. You have given the command to save me, For You are my rock and my stronghold.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ 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

³ 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)

³ 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

³ 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

³ Let the mountains take up peace for the people, and the hills, justice.

Psalm 71:3 Cross References

Psalm 18:2

יהוה is my rock and my stronghold and my deliverer; My Ěl is my rock, I take refuge in Him; My shield and the horn of my deliverance, my high tower.

Proverbs 18:10

The Name of יהוה is a strong tower; The righteous run into it and are safe.

Psalm 91:9

Because you have made יהוה – My refuge, the Most High – your dwelling place,

Deuteronomy 33:27

“The Elohim of old is a refuge, and beneath are everlasting arms. And He drives out the enemy from before you and says, ‘Destroy!’

Psalm 44:4

You Yourself are my Sovereign, O Elohim; Command deliverances for Ya‛aqoḇ.

Psalm 42:8

By day יהוה commands His loving-commitment, And by night His song is with me; A prayer to the Ěl of my life.

Isaiah 33:16

he shall inhabit the heights; strongholds of rocks be his refuge. His bread shall be given him, his water be steadfast.

Psalm 68:28

Your Elohim has commanded your strength, be strong! O Elohim, this You have worked out for us!

Ezekiel 9:6

“Kill to destruction old, young men, maidens and children and women, but do not come near anyone upon whom is the mark, and begin at My set-apart place.” So they began with the elders who were in front of the House.

Psalm 144:2

My loving-commitment and my stronghold, My tower and my deliverer, My shield, and in whom I take refuge, Who is subduing peoples under me.

Psalm 90:1

יהוה, You have been our refuge In all generations.

Psalm 18:3

I call upon יהוה, the One to be praised, And I am saved from my enemies.

Psalm 89:27

I also appoint him first-born, Highest of the sovereigns of the earth.”