My God of loving devotion will come to meet me; God will let me stare down my foes.
Parallel translations
- WEB My God will go before me with his loving kindness. God will let me look at my enemies in triumph.
- KJV The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.
- NKJV My God of mercy shall come to meet me; God shall let me see my desire on my enemies.
- NASB My God in His faithfulness will meet me; God will let me look triumphantly upon my enemies.
- NLT In his unfailing love, my God will stand with me. He will let me look down in triumph on all my enemies.
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Quick answer
David is confident that God in his steadfast love will go before him and grant him victory. It rests assurance entirely on God's covenant mercy.
Overview
David trusts that God's loving kindness will lead the way and bring him through to triumph over his foes. The victory he anticipates is God's gift, not his own achievement. Such confidence flows from God's faithful, covenant love, fully revealed in Christ who secures our final victory.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 22
- 1 Pet 5:10And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.
- Ps 59:17To You, O my strength, I sing praises, for You, O God, are my fortress, my God of loving devotion.
- Ps 54:7For He has delivered me from every trouble, and my eyes have stared down my foes.
- Ps 21:3For You welcomed him with rich blessings; You placed on his head a crown of pure gold.
- Ps 54:5He will reward my enemies with evil. In Your faithfulness, destroy them.
- Eph 2:4–5But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
- Ps 92:11My eyes see the downfall of my enemies; my ears hear the wailing of my wicked foes.
- 2 Cor 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,
- Ps 5:8Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make straight Your way before me.
- Ps 91:8You will only see it with your eyes and witness the punishment of the wicked.
- Luke 19:41–44As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it
- Ps 112:8His heart is assured; he does not fear, until he looks in triumph on his foes.
- Isa 65:24Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
- Jer 17:16But I have not run away from being Your shepherd; I have not desired the day of despair. You know that the utterance of my lips was spoken in Your presence.
- 2 Sam 1:11–12Then David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and all the men who were with him did the same.
- Ps 56:2My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me.
- 2 Sam 1:17Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,
- Ps 56:6They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.
- Ps 79:8Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.
- 1 Th 4:15By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep.
- 1 Sam 26:10David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.
- Rom 10:2–3For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.
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