But I trust in You, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.”
Parallel translations
- WEB But I trust in you, Yahweh. I said, “You are my God.”
- KJV But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.
- NKJV But as for me, I trust in You, O Lord; I say, “You are my God.”
- NASB ¶But as for me, I trust in You, Lord, I say, “You are my God.”
- NLT But I am trusting you, O Lord, saying, “You are my God!”
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Quick answer
In contrast to his enemies, David declares his trust in the Lord, saying 'You are my God.' It is the turning point of faith amid distress.
Overview
The emphatic 'But I' marks a deliberate act of trust against all the surrounding terror. David anchors himself in his covenant relationship with God. Confessing 'You are my God' is the bedrock of hope that steadies the soul in trouble.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Ps 56:3–4When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.
- 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 43:5Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
- Matt 26:42A second time He went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cup cannot pass unless I drink it, may Your will be done.”
- Ps 16:1–2A Miktam of David. Preserve me, O God, for in You I take refuge.
- Ps 140:6I say to the LORD, “You are my God.” Hear, O LORD, my cry for help.
- Matt 26:39Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”
- Ps 63:1A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.
- Ps 71:22So I will praise You with the harp for Your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praise to You with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.
- Ps 71:12Be not far from me, O God. Hurry, O my God, to help me.
- Ps 22:1–2For 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?
- John 20:17“Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”
- Matt 27:46About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
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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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