But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.
Parallel translations
- WEB But I trust in your loving kindness. My heart rejoices in your salvation.
- BSB But I have trusted in Your loving devotion; my heart will rejoice in Your 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
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- Isa 12:2Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
- Jude 1:21Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
- Hab 3:18Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
- Ps 52:8But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
- Ps 119:81My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
- Ps 36:7How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
- Ps 9:14That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
- Ps 51:12Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
- Ps 33:21–22For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.
- Ps 33:18Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
- 1 Sam 2:1And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
- Ps 32:10Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
- Luke 2:20And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.
- Ps 147:11The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
- Luke 1:47And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
- Ps 43:4–5Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
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