They cried out to You and were set free; they trusted in You and were not disappointed.
Parallel translations
- WEB They cried to you, and were delivered. They trusted in you, and were not disappointed.
- KJV They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
- NKJV They cried to You, and were delivered; They trusted in You, and were not ashamed.
- NASB To You they cried out and they fled to safety; In You they trusted and were not disappointed.
- NLT They cried out to you and were saved. They trusted in you and were never disgraced.
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Quick answer
Israel's ancestors cried out, were delivered, and were never put to shame. Trusting God has historically led to rescue, not disappointment.
Overview
The psalmist reinforces the previous verse: those who cried to God and trusted him 'were not disappointed.' This stands in tension with his own present experience of unanswered prayer, intensifying the lament. Yet it expresses confidence that faith in God is never ultimately shamed, a confidence sealed by the resurrection.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 14
- Rom 10:11It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
- Isa 49:23Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”
- Rom 9:33as it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
- 1 Pet 2:6For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
- Isa 45:17But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.
- Ps 31:1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; save me by Your righteousness.
- Ps 71:1In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame.
- Ps 106:44Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.
- Judg 10:10–16Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against You, for we have indeed forsaken our God and served the Baals.”
- Judg 6:6Israel was greatly impoverished by Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the LORD.
- Ps 25:2–3in You, my God, I trust. Do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.
- Judg 4:3Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.
- Ps 69:6–7May those who hope in You not be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of Hosts; may those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel.
- Ps 99:6–7Moses and Aaron were among His priests; Samuel was among those who called on His name. They called to the LORD and He answered.
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