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O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
Psalms 25:2 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB My God, I have trusted in you. Don’t let me be shamed. Don’t let my enemies triumph over me.
  • BSB in You, my God, I trust. Do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult 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 10:11For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
  • Ps 41:11By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
  • Ps 71:1In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
  • Ps 22:5They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
  • Rom 5:5And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
  • Ps 142:6Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
  • Isa 37:35For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
  • Ps 31:1In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
  • Ps 34:8O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
  • Ps 13:2–4How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
  • Isa 26:3Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
  • Ps 94:3LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
  • 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.
  • Ps 7:1O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
  • 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.
  • Ps 37:40And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.
  • Ps 18:2The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
  • Ps 35:19–25Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
  • Isa 37:20Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou only.
  • Ps 22:8He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
  • Ps 22:1My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
  • Isa 36:14–20Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you.
  • Isa 41:16Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
  • Isa 37:10Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
  • Isa 28:16Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
  • Ps 56:1Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.

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Christ at the center

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.

How Psalms 25:2 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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