I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.
Parallel translations
- WEB I cry out to God Most High, to God who accomplishes my requests for me.
- BSB I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills His purpose for me.
- NKJV I will cry out to God Most High, To God who performs all things for me.
- NASB I will cry to God Most High, To God who accomplishes all things for me.
- NLT I cry out to God Most High, to God who will fulfill his purpose for me.
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Quick answer
David cries to God Most High, who fulfills his purposes for him. It rests on God's sovereignty and faithfulness.
Overview
David addresses God as 'Most High,' the sovereign over all, who accomplishes what concerns him. His confidence is that God will bring to completion his good purposes for David's life. This trust in God's sovereign care echoes the promise that God works all things for the good of his people (Romans 8:28).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Ps 138:8The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
- Phil 1:6Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
- Heb 13:21Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
- Isa 26:12LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.
- Phil 2:12Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
- Ps 136:2–3O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever.
- Isa 57:15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
- Ps 56:2Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.
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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.
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