Psalms 31:1
The understanding of David himself. Blessed are they whose iniquities have been forgiven and whose sins have been covered.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
In Context
2Blessed is the man to whom the Lord has not imputed sin, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
Cross References
Psalms 22:4For, even if I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evils. For you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they have given me consolation.
Psalms 43:1Unto the end. To the sons of Korah, toward understanding.
Psalms 143:1A Psalm of David versus Goliath. Blessed is the Lord, my God, who trains my hands for the battle and my fingers for the war.
Isaiah 49:23And kings will be your caretakers, and queens will be your nursemaids. They will reverence you with their face to the ground, and they will lick the dust at your feet. And you will know that I am the Lord. For those who hope in him will not be confounded.
Romans 5:5but hope is not unfounded, because the love of God is poured forth in our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 31:1
It is probable that David penned this psalm when he was persecuted by Saul; some passages in it agree particularly to the narrow escapes he had, at Keilah ( 1 Sam. xxiii. 13 ), then in the wilderness of Maon, when Saul marched on one side of the hill and he on the other, and, soon after, in the cave in the wilderness of En-gedi; but that it was penned upon any of those occasions we are not told. It is a mixture of prayers, and praises, and professions of confidence in God, all which do well together and are… Read the whole commentary →