For 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.
Parallel translations
- WEB For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Let me never be disappointed. Deliver me in your righteousness.
- KJV In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
- NKJV In You, O Lord, I put my trust; Let me never be ashamed; Deliver me in Your righteousness.
- NASB In You, Lord, I have taken refuge; Let me never be put to shame; In Your righteousness rescue me.
- NLT O Lord, I have come to you for protection; don’t let me be disgraced. Save me, for you do what is right.
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Quick answer
David takes refuge in the Lord, asking never to be put to shame and to be delivered in God's righteousness. It expresses confident trust seeking vindication.
Overview
Taking refuge in God, David appeals to God's own righteousness as the basis of his rescue. He stakes his honor on God's faithfulness rather than his own. The plea not to be put to shame is answered for believers in Christ, in whom no one who trusts is disappointed.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Rom 10:11It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
- Ps 25:2in You, my God, I trust. Do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.
- Ps 71:1–3In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame.
- Ps 22:4–5In You our fathers trusted; they trusted and You delivered them.
- 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 143:1A Psalm of David. O LORD, hear my prayer. In Your faithfulness, give ear to my plea; in Your righteousness, answer me.
- Dan 9:16O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all around us.
- Ps 7:8–9The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
- Ps 43:1Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.
- 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 143:11–12For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.
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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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