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Into Your hands I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O LORD, God of truth.
Psalms 31:5 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB Into your hand I commend my spirit. You redeem me, Yahweh, God of truth.
  • KJV Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
  • NKJV Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.
  • NASB Into Your hand I entrust my spirit; You have redeemed me, Lord, God of truth.
  • NLT I entrust my spirit into your hand. Rescue me, Lord, for you are a faithful God.

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Quick answer

David commits his spirit into God's hand, trusting the Lord who redeems, the God of truth. It is a supreme expression of entrusting oneself to God.

Overview

This entrusting of his spirit became the very words Christ spoke on the cross as He died. David rests his whole life in the hands of the faithful, redeeming God. The verse models complete surrender to God's care in life and death, fulfilled and hallowed by Jesus.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 15

  • Luke 23:46Then Jesus called out in a loud voice, “Father, into Your hands I commit My Spirit.” And when He had said this, He breathed His last.
  • Acts 7:59While they were stoning him, Stephen appealed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
  • Deut 32:4He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
  • Ps 71:23When I sing praise to You my lips will shout for joy, along with my soul, which You have redeemed.
  • 1 Pet 1:18–19For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
  • Rev 5:9And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
  • Titus 2:14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
  • Isa 50:2Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.
  • 2 Tim 1:12For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.
  • Titus 1:2in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
  • Gen 48:16the angel who has redeemed me from all harm—may He bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.”
  • Heb 6:18Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
  • Ps 130:8And He will redeem Israel from all iniquity.
  • Lev 25:48he retains the right of redemption after he has sold himself. One of his brothers may redeem him:
  • 2 Tim 2:13if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.

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  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on PsalmsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

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.

How Psalms 31:5 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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