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OET-LV Become to_me as_rock_of dwelling to_come continually you_have_given_command to_save_me if/because rock_of_my and_fortress_of_my you.
UHB הֱיֵ֤ה לִ֨י ׀ לְצ֥וּר מָע֡וֹן לָב֗וֹא תָּמִ֗יד צִוִּ֥יתָ לְהוֹשִׁיעֵ֑נִי כִּֽי־סַלְעִ֖י וּמְצוּדָתִ֣י אָֽתָּה׃ ‡
(hₑyēh liy ləʦūr māˊōn lāⱱōʼ tāmid ʦiūitā ləhōshīˊēnī kiy-şalˊiy ūməʦūdātiy ʼāttāh.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXX Ἀναλαβέτω τὰ ὄρη εἰρήνην τῷ λαῷ σου, καὶ οἱ βουνοί·
(Analabetō ta oraʸ eiraʸnaʸn tōi laōi sou, kai hoi bounoi; )
BrTr Let the mountains and the hills raise peace to thy people:
ULT Be to me a rock for refuge where I may always go;
⇔ you have given a command to save me,
⇔ for you are my rock and my fortress.
UST Be like a huge rock on top of which I can be safe;
⇔ be like a strong fortress in which I am safe.
⇔ You have commanded your angels to rescue me.
BSB Be my rock of refuge,
⇔ where I can always go.
⇔ Give the command to save me,
⇔ for You are my rock and my fortress.
OEB Be to me a rock of defence,
⇔ a fortified house, to save me;
⇔ for my rock and my fortress are you.
WEBBE Be to me a rock of refuge to which I may always go.
⇔ Give the command to save me,
⇔ for you are my rock and my fortress.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET Be my protector and refuge,
⇔ a stronghold where I can be safe!
⇔ For you are my high ridge and my stronghold.
LSV Be a rock to me—a habitation,
To go in continually,
You have given command to save me,
For You [are] my rock and my bulwark.
FBV Please listen to me, and save me. Be my rock of protection where I can always go and hide. You gave the command to save me; for you are my rock and fortress.
T4T Be like an overhanging rock [MET] under which I can be safe/protected;
⇔ be like a strong fortress in which I am safe [DOU].
⇔ You continually command (OR, Continually command) your angels to rescue me.
LEB • you have ordained[fn] to save me,
• because you are my rock and my fortress.
71:? Or “commanded”
BBE Be my strong Rock, the strong place of my salvation; for you are my Rock, and my safe place.
Moff Be a stronghold, a fortress, for me;
⇔ help me, for thou art my crag and castle.
JPS Be Thou to me a sheltering rock, whereunto I may continually resort, which Thou hast appointed to save me; for Thou art my rock and my fortress.
ASV 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.
DRA Let the mountains receive peace for the people: and the hills justice.
YLT Be to me for a rock — a habitation, To go in continually, Thou hast given command to save me, For my rock and my bulwark [art] Thou.
Drby Be 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.
RV 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.
Wbstr Be thou my strong habitation, to which I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
KJB-1769 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.[fn]
(Be thou/you my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou/you hast given commandment to save me; for thou/you art my rock and my fortress. )
71.3 Be…: Heb. Be thou to me for a rock of habitation
KJB-1611 [fn]Bee thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast giuen commandement to saue mee, for thou art my rocke, and my fortresse.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)
71:3 Hebr. be thou to me for a rocke of habitation
Bshps Be thou my strong holde whervnto I may alway resort: thou hast geuen a charge to saue me, for thou art my house of defence, and my castell.
(Be thou/you my stronghold whervnto I may alway resort: thou/you hast given a charge to save me, for thou/you art my house of defence, and my castell.)
Gnva Be thou my strong rocke, whereunto I may alway resort: thou hast giuen commandement to saue me: for thou art my rocke, and my fortresse.
(Be thou/you my strong rock, whereunto I may alway resort: thou/you hast given commandment to save me: for thou/you art my rock, and my fortress. )
Cvdl Delyuer me (o my God) out of ye hade of the vngodly, out of the hande of the vnrightuous & cruell man.
(Delyuer me (o my God) out of ye/you_all hade of the ungodly, out of the hand of the unrightuous and cruel man.)
Wycl Mounteyns resseyue pees to the puple; and litle hillis resseyue riytfulnesse.
(Mountains receive peace to the people; and little hills receive rightfulness/righteousness.)
Luth Sei mir ein starker Hort, dahin ich immer fliehen möge, der du zugesagt hast, mir zu helfen; denn du bist mein Fels und meine Burg.
(Be to_me a starker Hort, gone I always fliehen möge, the/of_the you zugesagt hast, to_me to helfen; because you are my Fels and my castle.)
ClVg Suscipiant montes pacem populo, et colles justitiam.[fn]
(Suscipiant mountains pacem to_the_people, and colles justitiam. )
71.3 Montes. AUG. Prophetæ, Apostoli, qui cœlo altitudine proximant; pacem nuntiandam populo fideli, Christum. Et colles. Suscipiant justitiam, id est, Christum, vel montes pacem populo: et colles de utrisque prædicatoribus præcedentibus et sequentibus dicit. Vel suscipiant montes, id est, majores. Pacem. Verbum reconciliationis, scilicet verbum Evangelii, ad hoc ut nuntient populo. Et colles. Id est, minores; justitiam, id est, obedientiam, ut obediant doctrinæ veritatis. Tuum et tuos dicendo, ostendit omnia quæ sunt Patris esse et Filii, et e converso.
71.3 Montes. AUG. Prophetæ, Apostoli, who cœlo altitudine proximant; pacem nuntiandam to_the_people fideli, Christum. And colles. Suscipiant justitiam, id it_is, Christum, or mountains pacem to_the_people: and colles about utrisque prælet_him_sayoribus præcedentibus and sequentibus dicit. Vel suscipiant mountains, id it_is, mayores. Pacem. Verbum reconciliationis, scilicet the_word of_the_Gospels, to this as nuntient to_the_people. And colles. That it_is, minores; justitiam, id it_is, obedientiam, as obediant doctrinæ veritatis. Tuum and tuos dicendo, ostendit everything which are Patris esse and Children, and e converso.
Ps 71 This untitled lament by an aging believer is more of a confession of confidence and hope than the cry of someone abandoned by God. The psalmist experienced God’s power and protection in his youth (71:5-8) and now prays for rescue from the adversaries who stalk him in his old age (71:9-13). Even in the midst of his peril, he continues to tell of God’s past faithfulness and looks forward with hope to a time when he can testify to the next generation that God is faithful and righteous.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
Be to me a rock for refuge
(Some words not found in UHB: be to=me as,rock_of refuge to,come always give_the_command to,save,me that/for/because/then/when rock_of,my and,fortress_of,my you(ms) )
The psalmist requests that Yahweh make him as safe as he would be if he were hiding in a large rock or cliff where his enemies could not find him.
rock & rock
(Some words not found in UHB: be to=me as,rock_of refuge to,come always give_the_command to,save,me that/for/because/then/when rock_of,my and,fortress_of,my you(ms) )
These are hills or mountains, not rocks one can hold in one’s hand.
you have given a command
(Some words not found in UHB: be to=me as,rock_of refuge to,come always give_the_command to,save,me that/for/because/then/when rock_of,my and,fortress_of,my you(ms) )
Alternate translation: “you have commanded your angels”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
you are my rock and my fortress
(Some words not found in UHB: be to=me as,rock_of refuge to,come always give_the_command to,save,me that/for/because/then/when rock_of,my and,fortress_of,my you(ms) )
The psalmist believes that Yahweh will protect him and make him as safe as if he were hiding on top of a large mountain or inside a man-made fortress.