Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
Parallel translations
- WEB Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust, and doesn’t respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
- BSB Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.
- NKJV Blessed is that man who makes the Lord his trust, And does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
- NASB ¶How blessed is the man who has made the Lord his trust, And has not turned to the proud, nor to those who become involved in falsehood.
- NLT Oh, the joys of those who trust the Lord, who have no confidence in the proud or in those who worship idols.
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Quick answer
Blessed is the one who trusts the Lord rather than the proud or liars. True happiness lies in dependence on God, not on the arrogant.
Overview
David pronounces a beatitude on the person who makes God his confidence. He contrasts such trust with respecting the proud or turning to falsehood. This wisdom anticipates the gospel call to trust God alone for salvation (Jeremiah 17:7).
Cross-references & the web
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- Jer 17:7–8Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
- Ps 84:11–12For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
- Ps 34:8O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
- Ps 125:5As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.
- Ps 118:8–9It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
- Ps 2:12Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
- Rom 15:12–13And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.
- 2 Th 2:9–11Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
- Ps 15:4In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
- Jer 10:14–15Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
- Jonah 2:8They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
- Ps 101:3–7I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
- Isa 44:18–20They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
- Ps 119:21Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
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