Psalms 31:1
“For the leader of the music. A psalm of David.” In thee, O LORD! do I trust; let me never be put to shame; According to thy goodness deliver me!
Noyes Bible
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 22:4Our fathers trusted in thee; They trusted, and thou didst save them.
Psalms 43:1Judge me, O God! and defend my cause against a merciless nation! Deliver me from unjust and deceitful men!
Psalms 143:1“A psalm of David.” Hear my prayer, O LORD! give ear to my supplications! In thy faithfulness, and in thy righteousness, answer me!
Isaiah 49:23And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, And queens thy nursing mothers; Upon their faces shall they bow down before thee, And lick the dust of thy feet. Thus shalt thou know that I am Jehovah; And they who trust in me shall not be put to shame.
Romans 5:5and hope will not disappoint us; because the love of God hath been shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit which hath 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 →