Psalms 71:3

71:2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.

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. Be: Heb. Be thou to me for a rock of habitation

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Be to me a rock of refuge to which I may always go. Give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.

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.

Be you my strong habitation, where I may continually resort: you have given commandment to save me; for you are my rock and my fortress.

71:4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

What does Psalms 71:3 mean?

Psalms 71:3 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include צוּר (tsûwr), מָעוֹן (mâʻôwn), תָּמִיד (tâmîyd).

Hebrew interlinear

thou

strongצוּרtsûwr/tsoor/H6697properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)

habitation,מָעוֹןmâʻôwn/maw-ohn'/H4583an abode, of God (the Tabernacle or the Temple), men (their home) or animals (their lair); hence, a retreat (asylum)

whereunto

may

continuallyתָּמִידtâmîyd/taw-meed'/H8548properly, continuance (as indefinite extension); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially, constantly); ellipt. the regular (daily) sacrifice

resort:בּוֹאbôwʼ/bo/H935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

thou

hast

given

commandmentצָוָהtsâvâh/tsaw-vaw'/H6680(intensively) to constitute, enjoin

saveיָשַׁעyâshaʻ/yaw-shah'/H3467properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor

me;

for

thou

art

rockסֶלַעçelaʻ/seh'-lah/H5553a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress)

and

fortress.מָצוּדmâtsûwd/maw-tsood'/H4686a net, or (abstractly) capture; also a fastness

Be:

Heb.

thou

for

rock

habitation

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 71:3.

Psalms 18:2

The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. my strength: Heb. my rock

2 Samuel 22:2

And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;

Deuteronomy 32:13

He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;

Genesis 18:19

For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

Genesis 7:16

And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.

Genesis 7:9

There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.

Job 39:28

She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.

Psalms 31:2

Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me. my: Heb. to me for a rock of strength

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 71:3 say?

Psalms 71:3 (King James Version) reads: "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. Be: Heb. Be thou to me for a rock of habitation"

Is Psalms 71:3 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 71:3 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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