Psalms 31:1
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.In you, Lord, I take refuge.Let me never be disappointed.Deliver me in your righteousness.
New Heart English 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
2Bow down your ear to me.Deliver me speedily.Be to me a strong rock,a house of defense to save me.
Cross References
Psalms 22:4Our fathers trusted in you.They trusted, and you delivered them.
Psalms 43:1Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation.Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.
Psalms 143:1A Psalm by David.Hear my prayer, Lord.Listen to my petitions.In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me.
Isaiah 49:23Kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers: they shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of your feet; and you shall know that I am the Lord; and those who wait for me shall not be disappointed."
Romans 5:5and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was 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 →