Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah
Parallel translations
- WEB Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.
- KJV Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
- NKJV Trust in Him at all times, you people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah
- NASB Trust in Him at all times, you people; Pour out your hearts before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah
- NLT O my people, trust in him at all times. Pour out your heart to him, for God is our refuge. Interlude
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Quick answer
David calls God's people to trust him always and pour out their hearts to him, for he is their refuge. It invites all believers into the same confidence.
Overview
Having testified to his own trust, David urges the whole congregation to rely on God at all times and bring their hearts honestly before him. God is presented as a sure refuge for all his people. This open invitation to pour out the heart anticipates the access believers enjoy through Christ. The Selah marks a pause to take it to heart.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 18
- Phil 4:6Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
- Lam 2:19Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.
- Isa 26:4Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.
- Ps 142:2I pour out my complaint before Him; I reveal my trouble to Him.
- 1 Sam 1:15“No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman oppressed in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.
- Ps 18:2The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
- Ps 22:4–5In You our fathers trusted; they trusted and You delivered them.
- Ps 42:4These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise.
- Heb 6:18Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
- Isa 26:16O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer.
- Job 13:15Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.
- Ps 102:1A prayer of one who is afflicted, when he grows faint and pours out his lament before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You.
- 1 Jn 2:28And now, little children, remain in Christ, so that when He appears, we may be confident and unashamed before Him at His coming.
- Ps 37:3Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.
- Prov 14:26He who fears the LORD is secure in confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge.
- Ps 34:1–2Of David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, so that the king drove him away. I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise will always be on my lips.
- Ps 46:11The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
- Isa 50:10Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD; let him lean on his God.
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