in You, my God, I trust. Do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.
Parallel translations
- WEB My God, I have trusted in you. Don’t let me be shamed. Don’t let my enemies triumph over me.
- KJV O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
- ESV O my God, in you I trust; let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies exult over me.
- NKJV O my God, I trust in You; Let me not be ashamed; Let not my enemies triumph over me.
- NASB My God, in You I trust, Do not let me be ashamed; Do not let my enemies rejoice over me.
- NLT I trust in you, my God! Do not let me be disgraced, or let my enemies rejoice in my defeat.
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Quick answer
David trusts in God and prays not to be put to shame or let his enemies triumph. Faith seeks vindication from God against hostility.
Overview
David confesses his trust and asks that this confidence not end in disgrace or in the gloating of his foes. To be 'shamed' meant having one's hope in God proven empty before enemies. The plea rests on God's faithfulness to those who trust him, a faithfulness fully secured for believers in Christ, who promises that whoever believes in him will never be put to shame.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 26
- Rom 10:11It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
- Ps 41:11By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.
- Ps 71:1In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame.
- Ps 22:5They cried out to You and were set free; they trusted in You and were not disappointed.
- Rom 5:5And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.
- Ps 142:6Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.
- Isa 37:35‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
- 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 34:8Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!
- Ps 13:2–4How long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me?
- Isa 26:3You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
- Ps 94:3How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?
- 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.”
- Ps 7:1A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite. O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,
- 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.”
- Ps 37:40The LORD helps and delivers them; He rescues and saves them from the wicked, because they take refuge in Him.
- Ps 18:2The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
- Ps 35:19–25Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.
- Isa 37:20And now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”
- Ps 22:8“He trusts in the LORD, let the LORD deliver him; let the LORD rescue him, since He delights in him.”
- Ps 22:1For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?
- Isa 36:14–20This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he cannot deliver you.
- Isa 41:16You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away; a gale will scatter them. But you will rejoice in the LORD; you will glory in the Holy One of Israel.
- Isa 37:10“Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
- Isa 28:16So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.
- Ps 56:1For the choirmaster. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.
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