Psalm 31:2

A Plea For Protection

¹ In You, O Lord, I have placed my trust and taken refuge;
Let me never be ashamed;
In Your righteousness rescue me.
² 
Incline Your ear to me, deliver me quickly;
Be my rock of refuge,
And a strong fortress to save me.
³
Yes, You are my rock and my fortress;
For Your name’s sake You will lead me and guide me.

Bow Down Your Ear

Deliver Me

Incline Your Ear

Listen to Me

Rescue Me

Save Me

Bow Down Thine Ear

Turn Your Ear

Psalm 102:2

Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress!
Incline Your ear to me;
In the day when I call, answer me quickly.

Deuteronomy 32:31

“For their rock is not like our Rock,
Even our enemies themselves judge this.

Psalm 71:2-3

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

Psalm 86:1

Incline Your ear, O Lord, and answer me,
For I am distressed and needy [I long for Your help].

2 Samuel 22:3

My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;
My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge,
My Savior—You save me from violence.

Job 7:21

“Why then do You not pardon my transgression
And take away my sin and guilt?
For now I will lie down in the dust;
And You will seek me [diligently], but I will not be.”

Psalm 18:1-2

“I love You [fervently and devotedly], O Lord, my strength.”

Psalm 40:17

Even though I am afflicted and needy,
Still the Lord takes thought and is mindful of me.
You are my help and my rescuer.
O my God, do not delay.

Psalm 62:7

On God my salvation and my glory rest;
He is my rock of [unyielding] strength, my refuge is in God.

Psalm 69:17

Do not hide Your face from Your servant,
For I am in distress; answer me quickly.

Psalm 79:1

O God, the nations have invaded [the land of Your people] Your inheritance;
They have defiled Your sacred temple;
They have laid Jerusalem in ruins.

Psalm 90:1

Lord, You have been our dwelling place [our refuge, our sanctuary, our stability] in all generations.

Psalm 91:9

Because you have made the Lord, [who is] my refuge,
Even the Most High, your dwelling place,

Psalm 94:22

But the Lord has become my high tower and defense,
And my God the rock of my refuge.

Psalm 130:2

Lord, hear my voice!
Let Your ears be attentive
To the voice of my supplications.

Psalm 143:7

Answer me quickly, O Lord, my spirit fails;
Do not hide Your face from me,
Or I will become like those who go down into the pit (grave).

Proverbs 22:17

Listen carefully and hear the words of the wise,
And apply your mind to my knowledge;

Isaiah 33:16

He will dwell on the heights,
His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks,
His bread will be given him;
His water will be permanent.

Luke 18:8

I tell you that He will defend and avenge them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find [this kind of persistent] faith on the earth?”

John 6:56

He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood [believes in Me, accepts Me as Savior] remains in Me, and I [in the same way remain] in him.

1 John 4:12

No one has seen God at any time. But if we love one another [with unselfish concern], God abides in us, and His love [the love that is His essence abides in us and] is completed and perfected in us.

1 John 4:15-16

Whoever confesses and acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.