But I have trusted in Your loving devotion; my heart will rejoice in Your salvation.
Parallel translations
- WEB But I trust in your loving kindness. My heart rejoices in your salvation.
- KJV But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.
- NKJV But I have trusted in Your mercy; My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.
- NASB ¶But I have trusted in Your faithfulness; My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.
- NLT But I trust in your unfailing love. I will rejoice because you have rescued me.
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Quick answer
Yet David declares he trusts in God's loving kindness and rejoices in His salvation. Faith reasserts itself even before deliverance arrives.
Overview
The psalm pivots decisively as David anchors himself in God's steadfast love (hesed) and rejoices in His salvation. Though circumstances have not changed, trust transforms his outlook. This movement from lament to confident faith models the believer's hope, grounded ultimately in the salvation accomplished in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 16
- Isa 12:2Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
- Jude 1:21keep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.
- Hab 3:18yet I will exult in the LORD; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!
- Ps 52:8But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.
- Ps 119:81My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
- Ps 36:7How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!
- Ps 9:14that I may declare all Your praises—that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.
- Ps 51:12Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit.
- Ps 33:21–22For our hearts rejoice in Him, since we trust in His holy name.
- Ps 33:18Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion
- 1 Sam 2:1At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD in whom my horn is exalted. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.
- Ps 32:10Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but loving devotion surrounds him who trusts in the LORD.
- Luke 2:20The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, which was just as the angel had told them.
- Ps 147:11The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.
- Luke 1:47and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!
- Ps 43:4–5Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God.
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