They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
Parallel translations
- WEB They cried to you, and were delivered. They trusted in you, and were not disappointed.
- BSB They cried out to You and were set free; they trusted in You and were not disappointed.
- 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 10:11For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
- Isa 49:23And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
- Rom 9:33As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
- 1 Pet 2:6Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
- Isa 45:17But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
- Ps 31:1In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
- Ps 71:1In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
- Ps 106:44Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:
- Judg 10:10–16And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim.
- Judg 6:6And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.
- Ps 25:2–3O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
- Judg 4:3And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.
- Ps 69:6–7Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.
- Ps 99:6–7Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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