But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.
Parallel translations
- WEB But I trust in you, Yahweh. I said, “You are my God.”
- BSB But I trust in You, O LORD; I say, “You are 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 56:3–4What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
- 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 43:5Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
- Matt 26:42He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.
- Ps 16:1–2Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
- Ps 140:6I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.
- Matt 26:39And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
- Ps 63:1O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
- Ps 71:22I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
- Ps 71:12O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
- Ps 22:1–2My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
- John 20:17Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
- Matt 27:46And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou 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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