Be My Rock of Refuge
Psalms 71:7
In 11 translations
- BSB
- I have become a portent to many, but You are my strong refuge.
- KJV
- I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
- WEB
- I am a marvel to many, but you are my strong refuge.
- ASV
- I am as a wonder unto many; But thou art my strong refuge.
- LSV
- I have been as a wonder to many, || And You [are] my strong refuge.
- YLT
- As a wonder I have been to many, And Thou [art] my strong refuge.
- DBY
- I have been as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
- DRC70:7
- I run become unto many as a wonder, but thou art a strong helper.
- GNV
- I am become as it were a monster vnto many: but thou art my sure trust.
- JPS
- I am as a wonder unto many; but Thou art my strong refuge.
- LXXE70:7
- I am become as it were a wonder to many; but thou art my strong helper.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- כְּ֭מוֹפֵת הָיִ֣יתִי לְרַבִּ֑ים וְ֝אַתָּ֗ה מַֽחֲסִי־עֹֽז׃
- LXX-Br70:7
- Ὡσεὶ τέρας ἐγενήθην τοῖς πολλοῖς, καὶ σὺ βοηθὸς κραταιός.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Isaiah 8:18Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.
- Acts 4:13When they saw the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they marveled and took note that these men had been with Jesus.
- 1 Corinthians 4:9For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as well as to men.
- Psalms 62:7My salvation and my honor rest on God, my strong rock; my refuge is in God.
- 2 Corinthians 6:8–10through glory and dishonor, slander and praise; viewed as imposters, yet genuine; as unknown, yet well-known; dying, and yet we live on; punished, yet not killed; sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many…
- Jeremiah 16:19O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit…
- Psalms 61:3For You have been my refuge, a tower of strength against the enemy.
- Zechariah 3:6Then the angel of the LORD gave this charge to Joshua:
- Luke 2:34Then Simeon blessed them and said to His mother Mary: “Behold, this Child is appointed to cause the rise and fall of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against,
- 2 Corinthians 4:8–12We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of…
- Psalms 142:4–5Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul. I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 70:7 in some Bibles
- 71:7 in most Bibles