And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
Parallel translations
- WEB Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.
- BSB Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.
- NKJV And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; For You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.
- NASB And those who know Your name will put their trust in You, For You, Lord, have not abandoned those who seek You.
- NLT Those who know your name trust in you, for you, O Lord, do not abandon those who search for you.
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Quick answer
Those who know God's name trust in Him, for He never forsakes those who seek Him. Knowing God leads to confident, unforsaken trust.
Overview
To know God's name is to know His revealed character, which grounds trust. David assures that God does not abandon those who seek Him, a promise echoed throughout Scripture (Hebrews 13:5). Such faith rests not on circumstances but on the faithful character of God Himself.
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- Ps 91:14Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
- Prov 18:10The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
- Isa 26:3–4Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
- Ps 105:3–4Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
- 2 Cor 1:9–10But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
- Ps 5:11But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.
- Jer 29:13And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
- 2 Tim 1:12For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
- Ps 57:1Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
- 1 Jn 5:20And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
- 2 Cor 4:6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
- Isa 55:6–7Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
- Ps 146:5–6Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
- Ps 37:28For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
- Isa 45:19I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
- 1 Chr 28:9And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
- 1 Jn 2:3And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
- Exod 34:5–7And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
- Isa 46:3–4Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:
- John 17:3And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
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