In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy 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.
- BSB 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.
- 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 10:11For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
- Ps 25:2O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
- Ps 71:1–3In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
- Ps 22:4–5Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
- 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 143:1Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
- Dan 9:16O LORD, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.
- Ps 7:8–9The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
- Ps 43:1Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
- 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 143:11–12Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name’s sake: for thy righteousness’ sake 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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