Psalms 71:3
Be to me for a rock — a habitation, To go in continually, Thou hast given command to save me, For my rock and my bulwark art Thou.This verse in the real world
In what words
- מָעוֹןmâʻôwnan abode, of God (the Tabernacle or the Temple), men (their home) or animals (their lair);
- סֶלַעçelaʻa craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress)
- צוּרtsûwrproperly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figurative
- תָּמִידtâmîydproperly, continuance (as indefinite extension); but used only (attributively as adjective
- יָשַׁעyâshaʻproperly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free
- צָוָהtsâvâh(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
- בּוֹאbôwʼto go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Psa 18:2, Pro 18:10, Deu 33:27, Psa 91:9, Psa 91:11–12, Psa 31:2–3, Psa 42:8, Isa 33:16