Blessed is that man who makes the Lord his trust, And does not respect 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.
- KJV Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not 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.
- 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).
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Cross-references · 14
- Jer 17:7–8“Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose confidence is in Yahweh.
- Ps 84:11–12For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
- Ps 34:8Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
- Ps 125:5But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways, Yahweh will lead them away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be on Israel.
- Ps 118:8–9It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man.
- Ps 2:12Give sincere homage to the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish on the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.
- Rom 15:12–13Again, Isaiah says, “There will be the root of Jesse, he who arises to rule over the Gentiles; in him the Gentiles will hope.”
- 2 Th 2:9–11even he whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
- Ps 15:4In whose eyes a vile man is despised, but who honors those who fear Yahweh; he who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and doesn’t change;
- Jer 10:14–15Every man has become brutish and without knowledge; every goldsmith is disappointed by his engraved image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
- Jonah 2:8Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
- Ps 101:3–7I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me.
- Isa 44:18–20They don’t know, neither do they consider: for he has shut their eyes, that they can’t see; and their hearts, that they can’t understand.
- Ps 119:21You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander from your commandments.
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