Psalms 71:3

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Be my rock of refuge, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress.”

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BSBPD

“Be my rock of refuge, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Be to me for a rock--a habitation, To go in continually, Thou hast given command to save me, For my rock and my bulwark <FI>art<Fi> Thou.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 71:3 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 33:27The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’
  2. Psalms 18:2The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
  3. Psalms 18:3I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.
  4. Psalms 31:2Incline Your ear to me; come quickly to my rescue. Be my rock of refuge, the stronghold of my deliverance.
  5. Psalms 31:3For You are my rock and my fortress; lead me and guide me for the sake of Your name.
  6. Psalms 42:8The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.
  7. Psalms 44:4You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.
  8. Psalms 68:28Summon Your power, O God; show Your strength, O God, which You have exerted on our behalf.
  9. Psalms 89:27I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
  10. Psalms 90:1Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations.
  11. Psalms 91:1He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
  12. Psalms 91:9Because you have made the LORD your dwelling— my refuge, the Most High—
  13. Psalms 91:11For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.
  14. Psalms 144:2He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.
  15. Proverbs 18:10The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
  16. Isaiah 33:16he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.
  17. Ezekiel 9:6Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.
  18. Revelation 7:2And I saw another angel ascending from the east, with the seal of the living God. And he called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea:

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