Psalms 31:2
Bow down your ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be to me a strong rock, a house of defense to save me.
World English Bible Classic
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In Context
1In you, LORD, I take refuge. Let me never be disappointed. Deliver me in your righteousness.
3For you are my rock and my fortress, therefore for your name’s sake lead me and guide me.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:31For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves concede.
Job 7:21Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity? For now will I lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I will not be.”
Psalms 18:1I love you, LORD, my strength.
Psalms 40:17But I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Don’t delay, my God.
Psalms 69:17Don’t hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me speedily!
Psalms 79:1God, the nations have come into your inheritance. They have defiled your 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 →