Psalms 31:2
Bow down thine ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be thou to me a strong rock, a house of defense to save me.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
1In thee, O LORD, do I take refuge. Let me never be put to shame. Deliver me in thy righteousness.
3For thou are my rock and my fortress. Therefore for thy name's sake lead me and guide me.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:31For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.
Job 7:21And why do thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I shall lay down in the dust, and thou will seek me diligently, but I shall not be.
Psalms 18:1I love thee, O LORD, my strength.
Psalms 40:17But I am poor and needy, [yet] LORD thinks upon me. Thou are my help and my deliverer. Make no delay, O my God.
Psalms 69:17and hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in distress. Answer me speedily.
Psalms 79:1O God, the nations have come into thine inheritance. They have defiled thy holy temple. They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 31:2-9
Prayer for Deliverance; Profession of Confidence in God. 1 In thee, O Lord , do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness. 2 Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for a house of defence to save me. 3 For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me. 4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength. 5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of… Read the whole commentary →