Psalms 31:1
In you, O Lord, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame. Rescue me in your faithfulness;
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In The King James Version
In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
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Cross References
Psalms 22:4In you our ancestors trusted, they trusted and you delivered them.
Psalms 43:1Right me, defend my cause against a pitiless people. From the crafty and crooked, O God, deliver me.
Psalms 143:1Listen, O Lord, to my prayer; attend to my plea. In your faithfulness give me answer, and in your righteousness.
Romans 5:5and that hope never disappoints. For the love of God has filled our hearts through the Holy Spirit which was given 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 →