Psalm 31:2
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me."
Word-by-Word Analysis
קֶשֶׁת
qesheth
a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris
אֹזֶן
ʼôzen
broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
נָצַל
nâtsal
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
חָזָק
châzâq
strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent)
צוּר
tsûwr
properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
יָשַׁע
yâshaʻ
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
Key Terms in This Verse
קֶשֶׁת qesheth
a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris
Study H7198 →צוּר tsûwr
properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
Study H6697 →יָשַׁע yâshaʻ
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
Study H3467 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →Cross References
Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.
Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.
For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.
Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.
Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
O GOD, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.
In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
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