Let your unfailing love surround us, Lord, for our hope is in you alone.
Parallel translations
- WEB Let your loving kindness be on us, Yahweh, since we have hoped in you.
- KJV Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.
- BSB May Your loving devotion rest on us, O LORD, as we put our hope in You.
- NKJV Let Your mercy, O Lord, be upon us, Just as we hope in You.
- NASB Let Your favor, Lord, be upon us, Just as we have waited for You.
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Quick answer
The psalm closes with a prayer that God's steadfast love would rest on his people as they hope in him.
Overview
The hymn ends as a petition, asking that God's loving kindness be upon those who set their hope in him. Praise turns naturally into prayer for continued grace. Such hope finds its sure foundation in Christ, in whom God's steadfast love is pledged to his people.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Ps 13:5But I trust in your loving kindness. My heart rejoices in your salvation.
- Ps 119:76Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant.
- Matt 9:29Then he touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith be it done to you.”
- Ps 5:11–12But let all those who take refuge in you rejoice, Let them always shout for joy, because you defend them. Let them also who love your name be joyful in you.
- Ps 119:49Remember your word to your servant, because you gave me hope.
- Ps 32:10Many sorrows come to the wicked, but loving kindness shall surround him who trusts in Yahweh.
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