But as for me, 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.
- BSB But 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 will put my trust in you.
- Ps 18:2Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
- Ps 43:5Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him: my Savior, my helper, and my God.
- Matt 26:42Again, a second time he went away, and prayed, saying, “My Father, if this cup can’t pass away from me unless I drink it, your desire be done.”
- Ps 16:1–2A Poem by David. Preserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge.
- Ps 140:6I said to Yahweh, “You are my God.” Listen to the cry of my petitions, Yahweh.
- Matt 26:39He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire.”
- Ps 63:1A Psalm by David, when he was in the desert of Judah. God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.
- Ps 71:22I will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, my God. I sing praises to you with the lyre, Holy One of Israel.
- Ps 71:12God, don’t be far from me. My God, hurry to help me.
- Ps 22:1–2For the Chief Musician; set to “The Doe of the Morning.” A Psalm by David. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?
- John 20:17Jesus said to her, “Don’t hold me, for I haven’t yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers, and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
- Matt 27:46About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lima sabachthani?” That is, “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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