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Psalms 71:3

NETBible	Be my protector and refuge,¹ a stronghold where I can be safe!² For you are my high ridge³ and my stronghold.
NIV © biblegateway Psa 71:3	Be my rock of refuge, to which I can always go; give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.
NASB © biblegateway Psa 71:3	Be to me a rock of habitation to which I may continually come; You have given commandment to save me, For You are my rock and my fortress.
NLT © biblegateway Psa 71:3	Be to me a protecting rock of safety, where I am always welcome. Give the order to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.
MSG © biblegateway Psa 71:3	Be a guest room where I can retreat; you said your door was always open! You're my salvation--my vast, granite fortress.
BBE © SABDAweb Psa 71:3	Be my strong Rock, the strong place of my salvation; for you are my Rock, and my safe place.
NRSV © bibleoremus Psa 71:3	Be to me a rock of refuge, a strong fortress, to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.
NKJV © biblegateway Psa 71:3	Be my strong refuge, To which I may resort continually; You have given the commandment to save me, For You are my rock and my fortress.
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KJV	Be thou my strong <06697> habitation <04583>_, whereunto I may continually <08548> resort <0935> (8800)_: thou hast given commandment <06680> (8765) to save <03467> (8687) me; for thou [art] my rock <05553> and my fortress <04686>_. {Be...: Heb. Be thou to me for a rock of habitation}
NASB © biblegateway Psa 71:3	Be to me a rock <06697> of habitation <04583> to which I may continually <08548> come <0935> ; You have given <06680> commandment <06680> to save <03467> me, For You are my rock <05553> and my fortress <04686> .
LXXM	(70:3) genou <1096> V-AMD-2S moi <1473> P-DS eiv <1519> PREP yeon <2316> N-ASM uperaspisthn {N-ASM} kai <2532> CONJ eiv <1519> PREP topon <5117> N-ASM ocuron {A-ASM} tou <3588> T-GSN swsai <4982> V-AAN me <1473> P-AS oti <3754> CONJ sterewma <4733> N-NSN mou <1473> P-GS kai <2532> CONJ katafugh {N-NSF} mou <1473> P-GS ei <1510> V-PAI-2S su <4771> P-NS
NET [draft] ITL	Be <01961> my protector <06697> and refuge <04583> , a stronghold where I can be safe <03467> <06680> <08548> <0935> ! For <03588> you <0859> are my high ridge <05553> and my stronghold <04686> .
HEBREW	hta <0859> ytdwumw <04686> yelo <05553> yk <03588> yneyswhl <03467> tywu <06680> dymt <08548> awbl <0935> Nwem <04583> rwul <06697> yl <0> hyh (71:3) <01961>

NETBible

Be my protector and refuge,¹ a stronghold where I can be safe!² For you are my high ridge³ and my stronghold.

NET Notes

¹tc Heb “become for me a rocky summit of a dwelling place.” The Hebrew term מָעוֹן (ma’on, “dwelling place”) should probably be emended to מָעוֹז (ma’oz, “refuge”; see Ps 31:2).

²tc Heb “to enter continually, you commanded to deliver me.” The Hebrew phrase לָבוֹא תָּמִיד צִוִּיתָ (lavo’ tamid tsivvita, “to enter continually, you commanded”) should be emended to לְבֵית מְצוּדוֹת (lÿvet mÿtsudot, “a house of strongholds”; see Ps 31:2).

³sn You are my high ridge. This metaphor pictures God as a rocky, relatively inaccessible summit, where one would be able to find protection from enemies. See 1 Sam 23:25, 28.