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Be My Rock of Refuge

Psalms 71:1

In 11 translations

BSB
In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame.
KJV
In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
WEB
In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Never let me be disappointed.
ASV
In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge: Let me never be put to shame.
LSV
In You, O YHWH, I have trusted, || Do not let me be disappointed for all time.
YLT
In Thee, O Jehovah, I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed to the age.
DBY
In thee, Jehovah, do I trust: let me never be ashamed.
DRC70:1
A psalm for David. Of the sons of Jonadab, and the former captives. In thee, O Lord, I have hoped, let me never be put to confusion:
GNV
In thee, O Lord, I trust: let me neuer be ashamed.
JPS
In Thee, O LORD, have I taken refuge; let me never be ashamed.
LXXE70:1
By David, a Psalm sung by the sons of Jonadab, and the first that were taken captive. O Lord, I have hoped in thee: let me never be put to shame.

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Original-language editions

WLC
בְּךָֽ־יְהוָ֥ה חָסִ֑יתִי אַל־אֵב֥וֹשָׁה לְעוֹלָֽם׃
LXX-Br70:1
Τῷ Δαυὶδ υἱῶν Ἰωναδὰβ, καὶ τῶν πρώτων αἰχμαλωτισθέντων. Ἐπὶ σοὶ Κύριε ἤλπισα, μὴ καταισχυνθείην εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.

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  • Psalms 31:1–3In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; save me by Your righteousness. Incline Your ear to me; come quickly to my rescue. Be my rock of refuge, the stronghold of my deliverance. For You are…
  • Psalms 25:2–3in You, my God, I trust. Do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me. Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who are faithless without cause will be disgraced.
  • 1 Peter 2:6For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
  • Psalms 22:5They cried out to You and were set free; they trusted in You and were not disappointed.
  • Jeremiah 17:18Let my persecutors be put to shame, but do not let me be put to shame. Let them be terrified, but do not let me be terrified. Bring upon them the day of disaster and shatter them with double destruction.
  • Psalms 125:1Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.
  • Isaiah 45:17But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.
  • 1 Chronicles 5:20And because they cried out to God in battle, they were helped against their enemies, and the Hagrites and all their allies were delivered into their hands. Because they put their trust in God, He answered their prayers.
  • Psalms 146:5Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
  • Romans 9:33as it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
  • 2 Kings 18:5Hezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel. No king of Judah was like him, either before him or after him.

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