Psalms 31:2

Douay-Rheims Bible

(30-3) Bow down thy ear to me: make haste to deliver me. Be thou unto me a God, a protector, and a house of refuge, to save me.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Listen closely to me; rescue me quickly.Be a rock of refuge for me,a mountain fortress to save me.

Hebrew Names Version
Bow down your ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be to me a strong rock, A house of defense to save me.

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

English Standard Version
Incline your ear to me; rescue me speedily! Be a rock of refuge for me, a strong fortress to save me!

New Century Version
Listen to me and save me quickly. Be my rock of protection, a strong city to save me.

New English Translation
Listen to me! Quickly deliver me! Be my protector and refuge, a stronghold where I can be safe!

Amplified Bible
Incline Your ear to me, deliver me quickly; Be my rock of refuge, And a strong fortress to save me.

New American Standard Bible
Incline Your ear to me, rescue me quickly; Be a rock of strength for me, A stronghold to save me.

World English Bible
Bow down your ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be to me a strong rock, A house of defense to save me.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Bowe downe thine eare to me: make haste to deliuer mee: be vnto me a stronge rocke, and an house of defence to saue me.

Legacy Standard Bible
Incline Your ear to me, deliver me quickly;Be to me a rock of strength,A fortress to save me.

Berean Standard Bible
Incline Your ear to me; come quickly to my rescue. Be my rock of refuge, the stronghold of my deliverance.

Contemporary English Version
Listen to my prayer and hurry to save me. Be my mighty rock and the fortress where I am safe.

Complete Jewish Bible
In you, Adonai , I take refuge; let me never be put to shame; in your justice, save me!

Darby Translation
Incline thine ear to me, deliver me speedily; be a strong rock to me, a house of defence to save me.

Easy-to-Read Version
Listen to me. Come quickly and save me. Be my Rock, my place of safety. Be my fortress and protect me!

George Lamsa Translation
Incline thine ear to me and answer me speedily; be thou unto me the God, the helper, and the house of refuge; and save me,

Good News Translation
Hear me! Save me now! Be my refuge to protect me; my defense to save me.

Lexham English Bible
Incline your ear to me. Quickly deliver me. Become my rock of refuge, a fortified keep to save me.

Literal Translation
Bow down Your ear to me; deliver me quickly, be a strong rock to me, for a house of fortresses to save me.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Bowe downe thine eare to me, make haist to delyuer me:

American Standard Version
Bow down thine ear unto me; deliver me speedily: Be thou to me a strong rock, A house of defence to save me.

Bible in Basic English
Let your ear be turned to me; take me quickly out of danger; be my strong Rock, my place of strength where I may be safe.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
In thee, O LORD, have I taken refuge; let me never be ashamed; deliver me in Thy righteousness.

King James Version (1611)
Bowe downe thine eare to me, deliuer me speedily: be thou my strong rocke, for an house of defence to saue me.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Bowe downe thine eare to me, make hast to deliuer me: be vnto me a strong rocke and a house of defence, that thou mayest saue me.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Incline thine ear to me; make haste to rescue me: be thou to me for a protecting God, and for a house of refuge to save me.

English Revised Version
Bow down thine ear unto me; deliver me speedily: be thou to me a strong rock, an house of defence to save me.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Bouwe doun thin eere to me; haaste thou to delyuere me. Be thou to me in to God defendere, and in to an hows of refuyt; that thou make me saaf.

Update Bible Version
Bow down your ear to me; deliver me speedily: Be to me a strong rock, A house of defense to save me.

Webster's Bible Translation
Bow down thy ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for a house of defense to save me.

New King James Version
Bow down Your ear to me, Deliver me speedily; Be my rock of refuge, A fortress of defense to save me.

New Living Translation
Turn your ear to listen to me; rescue me quickly. Be my rock of protection, a fortress where I will be safe.

New Life Bible
Turn Your ear to me, and be quick to save me. Be my rock of strength, a strong place to keep me safe.

New Revised Standard
Incline your ear to me; rescue me speedily. Be a rock of refuge for me, a strong fortress to save me.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Incline unto me, thine ear, Speedily rescue me, - Become to me a Rock of refuge, a Place of security, For saving me.

Revised Standard Version
Incline thy ear to me, rescue me speedily! Be thou a rock of refuge for me, a strong fortress to save me!

Young's Literal Translation
Incline unto me Thine ear hastily, deliver me, Be to me for a strong rock, For a house of bulwarks to save me.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Incline Your ear to me, rescue me quickly; Be to me a rock of strength, A stronghold to save me.

Contextual Overview

¹ (30-1) <Unto the end, a psalm for David, in an ecstasy.> (30-2) In thee, O Lord, have I hoped, let me never be confounded: deliver me in thy justice. ² (30-3) Bow down thy ear to me: make haste to deliver me. Be thou unto me a God, a protector, and a house of refuge, to save me. ³ (30-4) For thou art my strength and my refuge; and for thy name’s sake thou wilt lead me, and nourish me. ⁴ (30-5) Thou wilt bring me out of this snare, which they have hidden for me: for thou art my protector. ⁵ (30-6) Into thy hands I commend my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, the God of truth. ⁶ (30-7) Thou hast hated them that regard vanities, to no purpose. But I have hoped in the Lord: ⁷ (30-8) I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy. For thou hast regarded my humility, thou hast saved my soul out of distresses. ⁸ (30-9) And thou hast not shut me up in the hands of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a spacious place.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Bow: Psalms 71:2, Psalms 86:1, Psalms 130:2, Proverbs 22:17

deliver: Psalms 40:17, Psalms 69:17, Psalms 79:1, Psalms 102:2, Psalms 143:7, Job 7:21, Luke 18:8

my strong rock: Heb. to me for a rock of strength, Psalms 18:1, Psalms 18:2, Psalms 62:7, Psalms 94:22, Deuteronomy 32:31, 2 Samuel 22:3

an house: Psalms 71:3, Psalms 90:1, Psalms 91:9, Isaiah 33:16, John 6:56, 1 John 4:12, 1 John 4:15, 1 John 4:16

Reciprocal: Genesis 32:11 - Deliver 2 Kings 19:16 - bow down 2 Chronicles 6:40 - thine ears Isaiah 17:10 - the rock Isaiah 32:2 - rock

Cross-References

Genesis 4:5
But to Cain and his offerings he had no respect: and Cain was exceeding angry, and his countenance fell.

Genesis 30:27
Laban said to him: Let me find favour in thy sight: I have learned, by experience, that God hath blessed me for thy sake.

Genesis 31:9
And God hath taken your father’s substance, and given it to me.

Genesis 31:11
And the angel of God said to me in my sleep: Jacob. And I answered: Here I am.

Exodus 4:10
Moses said: I beseech thee, Lord, I am not eloquent from yesterday and the day before; and since thou hast spoken to thy servant, I have more impediment and slowness of tongue.

Deuteronomy 19:4
This shall be the law of the slayer that fleeth, whose life is to be saved: He that killeth his neighbor ignorantly, and who is proved to have had no hatred against him yesterday and the day before:

Deuteronomy 28:54
The man that is nice among you, and very delicate, shall envy his own brother, and his wife, that lieth in his bosom,

1 Samuel 19:7
Then Jonathan called David, and told him all these words: and Jonathan brought in David to Saul, and he was before him, as he had been yesterday and the day before.

Daniel 3:19
Then was Nabuchodonosor filled with fury: and the countenance of his face was changed against Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, and he commanded that the furnace should be heated seven times more than it had been accustomed to be heated.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Bow down thine ear to me,.... Which is said after the manner of men, who, when they give attention, and listen to anything, stoop, and incline the ear; and this for God to do, as he sometimes does, is wonderful condescending grace!

deliver me speedily; which shows that he was in great danger, and his case required haste: the Lord does help right early, and is sometimes a present help in time of need, and delivers at once, as soon as the mercy is asked for;

be thou my strong rock: for shelter and security from enemies, as well as to build his everlasting salvation on, and to stand firmly upon, and out of danger;

for an house of defence to save me; both for an house to dwell in, Lord being the dwelling place of his people in all generations, and a strong habitation to which they may continually resort; and for protection and safety, their place of defence in him being the munition of rocks, a strong hold, and a strong tower from the enemy.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bow down thine ear to me - As He does who inclines His ear toward one whom He is willing to hear, or whom He is desirous of hearing. See the notes at Psalms 17:6.

Deliver me speedily - Without delay. Or, hasten to deliver me. It is right to pray to be delivered from all evil; equally right to pray to be delivered immediately.

Be thou my strong rock - Margin: “to me for a rock of strength.” See Psalms 18:1-2, note; Psalms 18:46, note.

For an house of defense to save me - A fortified house; a house made safe and strong. It is equivalent to praying that he might have a secure abode or dwelling-place.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 31:2. Bow down thine ear — Listen to my complaint. Put thy ear to my lips, that thou mayest hear all that my feebleness is capable of uttering. We generally put our ear near to the lips of the sick and dying, that we may hear what they say. To this the text appears to allude.

Strong rock — Rocks, rocky places, or caves in the rocks, were often strong places in the land of Judea. To such natural fortifications allusions are repeatedly made by the Hebrew poetic writers.