Psalms 31:2 KJV — MannaFest

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.

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

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

DBT

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

About this book

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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31 verses on the floor

Psalms 86:1
Bow down thine ear, O Lord, hear me: for I am poor and needy.
Psalms 71:2–3
Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
Psalms 71:3
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.
Psalms 116:2
Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
Psalms 88:2
Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;

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He complains of the very deplorable condition he was in, and, in the sense of his calamities, still prays that God would graciously appear for him against his persecutors,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

It is condescension in God to take cognizance of the case of the greatest and best of men; he humbles himself to do it. The psalmist prays also that he would deliver him speedily, lest, if the deliverance were long deferred, his faith should fail.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

5, 6. commit my spirit--my life, or myself. Our Saviour used the words on the Cross [Lu 23:46], not as prophetical, but, as many pious men have done, as expressive of His unshaken confidence in God. The Psalmist rests on God's faithfulness to His promises to His people, and hence avows himself one of them, detesting all who revere objects of idolatry (compare De 32:21;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Those that have in sincerity avouched the Lord for theirs may expect the benefit of his being so; for God's relations to us carry with them both name and thing.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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