Psalm 71:2
New International Version
In your righteousness, rescue me and deliver me; turn your ear to me and save me.

New Living Translation
Save me and rescue me, for you do what is right. Turn your ear to listen to me, and set me free.

English Standard Version
In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me; incline your ear to me, and save me!

Berean Standard Bible
In Your justice, rescue and deliver me; incline Your ear and save me.

King James Bible
Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.

New King James Version
Deliver me in Your righteousness, and cause me to escape; Incline Your ear to me, and save me.

New American Standard Bible
In Your righteousness rescue me and save me; Extend Your ear to me and help me.

NASB 1995
In Your righteousness deliver me and rescue me; Incline Your ear to me and save me.

NASB 1977
In Thy righteousness deliver me, and rescue me; Incline Thine ear to me, and save me.

Legacy Standard Bible
In Your righteousness deliver me and protect me; Incline Your ear to me and save me.

Amplified Bible
In Your righteousness deliver me and rescue me; Incline Your ear to me and save me.

Christian Standard Bible
In your justice, rescue and deliver me; listen closely to me and save me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
In Your justice, rescue and deliver me; listen closely to me and save me.

American Standard Version
Deliver me in thy righteousness, and rescue me: Bow down thine ear unto me, and save me.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Save me by your righteousness; incline your ear to me and save me.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
In thy righteousness deliver me and rescue me: incline thine ear to me, and save me.

Contemporary English Version
You do what is right, so come to my rescue. Listen to my prayer and keep me safe.

Douay-Rheims Bible
deliver me in thy justice, and rescue me. Incline thy ear unto me, and save me.

English Revised Version
Deliver me in thy righteousness, and rescue me: bow down thine ear unto me, and save me.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Rescue me and free me because of your righteousness. Turn your ear toward me, and save me.

Good News Translation
Because you are righteous, help me and rescue me. Listen to me and save me!

International Standard Version
Rescue and deliver me, because you are righteous. Turn your ear to me and save me.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Deliver me in Thy righteousness, and rescue me; Incline Thine ear unto me, and save me.

Literal Standard Version
You deliver me in Your righteousness, | And cause me to escape, | Incline Your ear to me, and save me.

Majority Standard Bible
In Your justice, rescue and deliver me; incline Your ear and save me.

New American Bible
In your justice rescue and deliver me; listen to me and save me!

NET Bible
Vindicate me by rescuing me! Listen to me! Deliver me!

New Revised Standard Version
In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me; incline your ear to me and save me.

New Heart English Bible
Deliver me in your righteousness, and rescue me. Turn your ear to me, and save me.

Webster's Bible Translation
Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thy ear to me, and save me.

World English Bible
Deliver me in your righteousness, and rescue me. Turn your ear to me, and save me.

Young's Literal Translation
In Thy righteousness Thou dost deliver me, And dost cause me to escape, Incline unto me Thine ear, and save me.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
In You, O LORD, I Have Taken Refuge
1In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame. 2In Your justice, rescue and deliver me; incline Your ear and save me. 3Be my rock of refuge, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress.…

Cross References
Psalm 17:6
I call on You, O God, for You will answer me. Incline Your ear to me; hear my words.

Psalm 31:1
In You, O LORD, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame; save me by Your righteousness.

Psalm 31:2
Incline Your ear to me; come quickly to my rescue. Be my rock of refuge, the stronghold of my deliverance.

Psalm 86:1
Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.

Psalm 143:1
O LORD, hear my prayer. In Your faithfulness, give ear to my plea; in Your righteousness, answer me.

Psalm 143:11
For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.


Treasury of Scripture

Deliver me in your righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline your ear to me, and save me.

in thy

Psalm 17:2
Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.

Psalm 31:1
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.

Psalm 34:15
The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.

cause

1 Corinthians 10:13
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

incline

Psalm 10:17,18
LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: …

Psalm 17:6
I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

Psalm 116:1,2
I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications…

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Psalm 71
1. David, in confidence of faith, and experience of God's favor, prays both for himself,
10. and against the enemies of his soul
14. He promises constancy
17. He prays for perseverance
19. He praises God, and promises to do it cheerfully














Verse 2. - Deliver me in thy righteousness. Identical with the last clause of Psalm 31:1. And cause me to escape. The danger seems to be pressing, and such as characterized Absalom's rather than Adonijah's rebellion. Incline thine ear unto me, and save me (comp. Psalm 31:2).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
In Your justice,
בְּצִדְקָתְךָ֗ (bə·ṣiḏ·qā·ṯə·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6666: Rightness, subjectively, objectively

rescue
תַּצִּילֵ֥נִי (taṣ·ṣî·lê·nî)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 5337: To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver

and deliver me;
וּֽתְפַלְּטֵ֑נִי (ū·ṯə·p̄al·lə·ṭê·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 6403: To slip out, escape, to deliver

incline
הַטֵּֽה־ (haṭ·ṭêh-)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 5186: To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend

Your ear
אָ֝זְנְךָ֗ (’ā·zə·nə·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 241: Broadness, the ear

and save me.
וְהוֹשִׁיעֵֽנִי׃ (wə·hō·wō·šî·‘ê·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 3467: To be open, wide, free, to be safe, to free, succor


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