Psalms Chapter 31 verse 3 Holy Bible
For thou art my rock and my fortress; Therefore for thy name's sake lead me and guide me.
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For you are my Rock and my strong tower; go in front of me and be my guide, because of your name.
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For thou art my rock and my fortress; and, for thy name's sake, thou wilt lead me and guide me.
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For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.
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Bow down thy ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for a house of defense to save me.
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For you are my rock and my fortress, Therefore for your name's sake lead me and guide me.
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For my rock and my bulwark `art' Thou, For Thy name's sake lead me and tend me.
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Psalms 31 : 3 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 3., - For thou art my Rock; or, my cliff (סלעי, not צורי). And my Fortress. David prays God to be his Rock and Fortress in the future, because he has always looked to him as his Rock and Fortress in the past. Faith establishes a claim to have its anticipations made good. Therefore for thy Name's sake lead me, and guide me. Metaphor is dropped, and God is simply asked for guidance and direction. In the struggle between Absalom and David more depended upon wise counsel than upon mere force (2 Samuel 15:31-37; 2 Samuel 16:15-23; 2 Samuel 17:5-23).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) Rock.--As rock in this verse is sela (LXX. and Vulg., "strength") instead of ts-r, as in Psalm 31:2, it is better to render "for thou art my cliff fortress;" literally, cliff and fortress.For thy name's sake--i.e., because Thou hast this name of rock and fortress.Lead me, and guide me.--The future is better,"Thou wilt lead and guide me."To pray for protection and then stoutly affirm belief, as in Psalm 31:3, has been called illogical; but it is the logic of the heart if not of the intellect; the logic, it may be added, of every prayer of faith.