Psalms 31:1
לַמְנַצֵּחַ מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִֽד ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
2בְּךָ יְהוָה חָסִיתִי אַל ־ אֵבוֹשָׁה לְעוֹלָם בְּצִדְקָתְךָ פַלְּטֵֽנִי ׃
Cross References
Psalms 22:4וְאַתָּה קָדוֹשׁ יוֹשֵׁב תְּהִלּוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵֽל ׃
Psalms 43:1שָׁפְטֵנִי אֱלֹהִים ׀ וְרִיבָה רִיבִי מִגּוֹי לֹא ־ חָסִיד מֵאִישׁ ־ מִרְמָה וְעַוְלָה תְפַלְּטֵֽנִי ׃
Psalms 143:1מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד יְהוָה ׀ שְׁמַע תְּפִלָּתִי הַאֲזִינָה אֶל ־ תַּחֲנוּנַי בֶּאֱמֻנָתְךָ עֲנֵנִי בְּצִדְקָתֶֽךָ ׃
Isaiah 49:23וְהָיוּ מְלָכִים אֹֽמְנַיִךְ וְשָׂרֽוֹתֵיהֶם מֵינִיקֹתַיִךְ אַפַּיִם אֶרֶץ יִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לָךְ וַעֲפַר רַגְלַיִךְ יְלַחֵכוּ וְיָדַעַתְּ כִּֽי ־ אֲנִי יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא ־ יֵבֹשׁוּ קוָֹֽי ׃ ס
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 →