Psalms 71:3 - Compare All Versions
Psalms 71:1-3 MSG (The Message)
I run for dear life to GOD, I’ll never live to regret it. Do what you do so well: get me out of this mess and up on my feet. Put your ear to the ground and listen, give me space for salvation. Be a guest room where I can retreat; you said your door was always open! You’re my salvation—my vast, granite fortress.
Psalms 71:3 KJV (King James Version)
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 71:3 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
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.
Psalms 71:3 NCV (New Century Version)
Be my place of safety where I can always come. Give the command to save me, because you are my rock and my strong, walled city.
Psalms 71:3 ASV (American Standard Version)
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.
Psalms 71:3 NIV (New International Version)
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.
Psalms 71:3 NKJV (New King James Version)
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.
Psalms 71:3 AMP (Amplified Bible)
Be to me a rock of refuge and a sheltering stronghold to which I may continually come; You have given the commandment to save me, For You are my rock and my fortress.
Psalms 71:3 NLT (New Living Translation)
Be my rock of safety where I can always hide. Give the order to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.
Psalms 71:3 TPT (The Passion Translation)
You’re the only place of protection for me. I keep coming back to hide myself in you, for you are like a mountain-cliff fortress where I’m kept safe.
Psalms 71:3 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
Be to me a rock of refuge, to which I may continually come; you have given the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.