Those who know your name trust in you, for you, O Lord, do not abandon those who search for you.
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- WEB Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.
- KJV And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
- 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.
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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 91:14“Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name.
- Prov 18:10Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.
- Isa 26:3–4You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.
- Ps 105:3–4Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.
- 2 Cor 1:9–10Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,
- Ps 5:11But let all those who take refuge in you rejoice, Let them always shout for joy, because you defend them. Let them also who love your name be joyful in you.
- Jer 29:13You shall seek me, and find me, when you shall search for me with all your heart.
- 2 Tim 1:12For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day.
- Ps 57:1For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A poem by David, when he fled from Saul, in the cave. Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, until disaster has passed.
- 1 Jn 5:20We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
- 2 Cor 4:6seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone 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 Yahweh while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.
- Ps 146:5–6Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God:
- Ps 37:28For Yahweh loves justice, and doesn’t forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.
- Isa 45:19I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness. I didn’t say to the offspring of Jacob, ‘Seek me in vain.’ I, Yahweh, speak righteousness. I declare things that are right.
- 1 Chr 28:9You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
- 1 Jn 2:3This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.
- Exod 34:5–7Yahweh descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed Yahweh’s name.
- Isa 46:3–4“Listen to me, house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been carried from their birth, that have been carried from the womb.
- John 17:3This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.
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