By this I know that you delight in me, because my enemy doesn’t triumph over me.
Parallel translations
- KJV By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
- BSB By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.
- NKJV By this I know that You are well pleased with me, Because my enemy does not triumph over me.
- NASB By this I know that You are pleased with me, Because my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.
- NLT I know you are pleased with me, for you have not let my enemies triumph over me.
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Quick answer
David knows God delights in him because his enemy does not triumph. God's favor is evident in his preservation.
Overview
His confidence rests on the sign that his foes have not prevailed. This assurance flows from God's covenant delight in His servant. The believer likewise finds evidence of God's favor in His sustaining grace through trials.
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Cross-references · 9
- Col 2:15having stripped the principalities and the powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
- Ps 124:6Blessed be Yahweh, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.
- Ps 147:11Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.
- Ps 25:2My God, I have trusted in you. Don’t let me be shamed. Don’t let my enemies triumph over me.
- Jer 20:13Sing to Yahweh, praise Yahweh; for he has delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evildoers.
- Ps 86:17Show me a sign of your goodness, that those who hate me may see it, and be shamed, because you, Yahweh, have helped me, and comforted me.
- Ps 31:8You have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy. You have set my feet in a large place.
- Ps 13:4Lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed against him”; Lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall.
- Ps 35:25Don’t let them say in their heart, “Aha! That’s the way we want it!” Don’t let them say, “We have swallowed him up!”
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