Parallel Verses
Amplified
Blessed be the Lord,
For He has shown His marvelous favor and lovingkindness to me [when I was assailed] in a besieged city.
New American Standard Bible
For He has made
King James Version
Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.
Holman Bible
for He has wonderfully shown His faithful love to me
in a city under siege.
International Standard Version
Blessed be the LORD! In a marvelous way he demonstrated his gracious love to me, when I was in a city under siege.
A Conservative Version
Blessed be LORD, for he has shown me his marvelous loving kindness in a strong city.
American Standard Version
Blessed be Jehovah; For he hath showed me his marvellous lovingkindness in a strong city.
Bible in Basic English
May the Lord be praised, because he has made clear to me the wonder of his grace in a strong town.
Darby Translation
Blessed be Jehovah; for he hath shewn me wondrously his loving-kindness in a strong city.
Julia Smith Translation
Praised be Jehovah, for he made wonderful his mercy to me in the fortified city.
King James 2000
Blessed be the LORD: for he has showed me his marvelous kindness in a strong city.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Blessed [is] Yahweh, because he has worked marvelously his loyal love to me in a besieged city.
Modern King James verseion
Blessed is Jehovah; for He has worked His mercy wondrously in a besieged city.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thanks be to the LORD; for he hath showed me marvelous great kindness in a strong city.
NET Bible
The Lord deserves praise for he demonstrated his amazing faithfulness to me when I was besieged by enemies.
New Heart English Bible
Praise be to the LORD, for he has shown me his marvelous loving kindness in a strong city.
The Emphasized Bible
Blessed be Yahweh, for he hath made wonderful his lovingkindness for me, in a fortified city.
Webster
Blessed be the LORD: for he hath showed me his wonderful kindness in a strong city.
World English Bible
Praise be to Yahweh, for he has shown me his marvelous loving kindness in a strong city.
Youngs Literal Translation
Blessed is Jehovah, For He hath made marvellous His kindness To me in a city of bulwarks.
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 31:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Plea For Protection
20
In the secret place of Your presence You hide them from the plots and conspiracies of man;
You keep them secretly in a shelter (pavilion) from the strife of tongues.
Blessed be the Lord,
For He has shown His marvelous favor and lovingkindness to me [when I was assailed] in a besieged city.
As for me, I said in my alarm,
“I am cut off from Your eyes.”
Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications (specific requests)
When I cried to You [for help].
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 17:7
Wondrously show Your [marvelous and amazing] lovingkindness,
O Savior of those who take refuge at Your right hand
From those who rise up against them.
1 Samuel 23:7-13
Now when Saul was informed that David had come to Keilah, Saul said, “God has handed him over to me, for he shut himself in by entering a city that has double gates and bars.”
Psalm 98:1
For He has done marvelous and wonderful things;
His right hand and His holy arm have
Psalm 118:23
This is from the Lord and is His doing;
It is marvelous in our eyes.
Jeremiah 1:18
Now behold, I have made you today like a fortified city and like an iron pillar and like bronze walls against the whole land—against the [successive] kings of Judah, against its leaders, against its priests, and against the people of the land [giving you divine strength which no hostile power can overcome].
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, a [special] people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies [the wonderful deeds and virtues and perfections] of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.