Psalms 31:3

Because God is his rock and fortress, David asks to be led and guided for God's name's sake. It grounds the request for guidance in God's reputation.

Cross-references · 18

• Ps 143:10–11Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
• Luke 1:79to shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”
• John 16:13However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.
• Ps 79:9Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; deliver us and atone for our sins, for the sake of Your name.
• Isa 49:10They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.
• Ps 25:5Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.
• Jer 14:7Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.
• Ps 25:11For the sake of Your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, for it is great.
• Ps 23:2–3He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.
• Neh 9:12You led them with a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they should travel.
• Ps 25:9He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them His way.
• Ps 43:3Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain, and to the place where You dwell.
• Ps 139:24See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.
• Eph 1:12in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory.
• 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.
• Josh 7:9When the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will surround us and wipe out our name from the earth. Then what will You do for Your great name?”
• Ezek 36:21–22But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they had gone.
• Neh 9:19You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go.

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