Psalms 31:1
(31-1) For the Leader. A Psalm of David. (31-2) In thee, O LORD, have I taken refuge; let me never be ashamed; deliver me in Thy righteousness.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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
Cross References
Psalms 22:4(22-5) In Thee did our fathers trust; they trusted, and Thou didst deliver them.
Psalms 43:1Be Thou my judge, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation; O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
Psalms 143:1A Psalm of David. O LORD, hear my prayer, give ear to my supplications; in Thy faithfulness answer me, and in Thy righteousness.
Isaiah 49:23And kings shall be thy foster-fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers; they shall bow down to thee with their face to the earth, and lick the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD, for they shall not be ashamed that wait for Me.
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 →