Psalms 31:19

How great is the goodness you have treasured for those who revere you, and wrought for those who take refuge in you, in plain sight of all!

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In The King James Version

Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!

In Context

18Strike the false lips dumb, that speak proudly against the righteous with haughtiness and contempt.

20In your sheltering wings you hide them from plottings of people, you keep them safe in a bower from the chiding of tongues.

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Cross References

Psalms 12:5“The poor are despoiled, and the needy are sighing; so now I will act,” the Lord declares “And place them in the safety they long for.”

Psalms 23:5You spread a table for me in face of my foes; with oil you anoint my head, and my cup runs over.

Psalms 68:28God, show your strength, your godlike might, as you did in the past,

Psalms 73:24By a plan of yours you guide me and will afterward take me to glory.

Psalms 145:7The fame of your abundant goodness and righteousness they shall pour forth in song.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 31:10-19

Sorrowful Complaints; Humble and Believing Prayer. 9 Have mercy upon me, O Lord , for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. 10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed. 11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me. 12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken… Read the whole commentary →

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