But I trust in your unfailing love. I will rejoice because you have rescued me.
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.
- 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.
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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 12:2Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.”
- Jude 1:21Keep yourselves in God’s love, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.
- Hab 3:18yet I will rejoice in Yahweh. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!
- Ps 52:8But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God’s house. I trust in God’s loving kindness forever and ever.
- Ps 119:81My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.
- Ps 36:7How precious is your loving kindness, God! The children of men take refuge under the shadow of your wings.
- Ps 9:14that I may show all of your praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice in your salvation.
- Ps 51:12Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a willing spirit.
- Ps 33:21–22For our heart rejoices in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.
- Ps 33:18Behold, Yahweh’s eye is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his loving kindness;
- 1 Sam 2:1Hannah prayed, and said: “My heart exults in Yahweh! My horn is exalted in Yahweh. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation.
- Ps 32:10Many sorrows come to the wicked, but loving kindness shall surround him who trusts in Yahweh.
- Luke 2:20The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, just as it was told them.
- Ps 147:11Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.
- Luke 1:47My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,
- Ps 43:4–5Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my exceeding joy. I will praise you on the harp, God, my God.
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