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Psalm 31

Psa. 31:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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<<To the chief Musician
natsach (Hebrew #5329)
properly, to glitter from afar, i.e. to be eminent (as a superintendent, especially of the Temple services and its music); also (as denominative from 5331), to be permanent
KJV usage: excel, chief musician (singer), oversee(-r), set forward.
Pronounce: naw-tsakh'
Origin: a primitive root
, A Psalm
mizmowr (Hebrew #4210)
properly, instrumental music; by implication, a poem set to notes
KJV usage: psalm.
Pronounce: miz-more'
Origin: from 2167
of David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
.>> Ina thee, O Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, do I put my trust
chacah (Hebrew #2620)
to flee for protection (compare 982); figuratively, to confide in
KJV usage: have hope, make refuge, (put) trust.
Pronounce: khaw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
; let me never
`owlam (Hebrew #5769)
from 5956; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
KJV usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
Pronounce: o-lawm'
Origin: or lolam {o-lawm'}
'al (Hebrew #408)
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
KJV usage: nay, neither, + never, no ,nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.
Pronounce: al
Origin: a negative particle (akin to 3808)
be ashamed
buwsh (Hebrew #954)
properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
KJV usage: (be, make, bring to, cause, put to, with, a-)shamed(-d), be (put to) confounded(-fusion), become dry, delay, be long.
Pronounce: boosh
Origin: a primitive root
: deliver
palat (Hebrew #6403)
to slip out, i.e. escape; causatively, to deliver
KJV usage: calve, carry away safe, deliver, (cause to) escape.
Pronounce: paw-lat'
Origin: a primitive root
me in thy righteousness
tsdaqah (Hebrew #6666)
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
KJV usage: justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).
Pronounce: tsed-aw-kaw'
Origin: from 6663
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Psa. 71:1‑4• 1In thee, Jehovah, do I trust: let me never be ashamed.
 2Deliver me in thy righteousness, and rescue me; incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
 3Be to me a rock of habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
 4My God, rescue me out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. (Psa. 71:1‑4)
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Psa. 143:1• 1A Psalm of David. Jehovah, hear my prayer; give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, in thy righteousness. (Psa. 143:1)

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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-6:  David, shewing his confidence in God, craves his help.
7-8:  He rejoices in his mercy.
9-18:  He prays in his calamity.
19-24:  He praises God for his goodness.
A.M. 2943.
B.C. 1061.
thee.
Psa. 22:4‑5• 4Our fathers confided in thee: they confided, and thou didst deliver them.
 5They cried unto thee, and were delivered; they confided in thee, and were not confounded. (Psa. 22:4‑5)
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Psa. 25:2• 2My God, I confide in thee; let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me. (Psa. 25:2)
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Psa. 71:1‑2• 1In thee, Jehovah, do I trust: let me never be ashamed.
 2Deliver me in thy righteousness, and rescue me; incline thine ear unto me, and save me. (Psa. 71:1‑2)
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Isa. 49:23• 23And kings shall be thy nursing-fathers, and their princesses thy nursing-mothers: they shall bow down to thee with the face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet. And thou shalt know that I am Jehovah; for they shall not be ashamed who wait on me. (Isa. 49:23)
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Rom. 5:5• 5and hope does not make ashamed, because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit which has been given to us: (Rom. 5:5)
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Rom. 10:11• 11For the scripture says, No one believing on him shall be ashamed. (Rom. 10:11)
deliver.
Psa. 7:8‑9• 8Jehovah shall minister judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity which is in me.
 9Oh let the wrong of the wicked come to an end, and establish thou the righteous man; even thou that triest the hearts and reins, the righteous God. (Psa. 7:8‑9)
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Psa. 43:1• 1Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation; deliver me from the deceitful and unrighteous man. (Psa. 43:1)
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Psa. 143:1,11‑12• 1A Psalm of David. Jehovah, hear my prayer; give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, in thy righteousness.
 11Revive me, O Jehovah, for thy name's sake; in thy righteousness bring my soul out of trouble;
 12And in thy loving-kindness cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that oppress my soul: for I am thy servant. (Psa. 143:1,11‑12)
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Dan. 9:16• 16Lord, according to all thy righteousnesses, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain; for because of our sins, and because of the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all round about us. (Dan. 9:16)
• Book 1, Series 5. The Jews restored. (““The Placement of the Psalms in Prophecy”” by B. Anstey)
• Psalm 31 is the expression of entire confidence in Jehovah—God known in our relationship with Him in the most terrible circumstances of trial and distress and that where sin has brought it on; yet where faith is at work, and the known name of God counted on and therefore His righteousness in making it good. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 29-32” by J.N. Darby)
• The special character of the psalm is trust, and, from personal knowledge of Jehovah, the committing one's case to Him. This is a deep principle of true piety—such a knowledge of the Lord such faith in what He is, that the soul can trust Him and cast all on Him, when distress and hostility comes to an extremity. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 29-32” by J.N. Darby)
• I should not say that such is the brightest exercise of faith. This will be found, for example, more in the Epistle to the Philippians, the bright expression of normal Christian experience. Nor is it the commonest: but God, in His rich mercy, has in His word met every need, and made provision in His word for every state. And the state of soul here is one of much exercised depth and intimacy of confidence in God only, learned through needed distress. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 29-32” by J.N. Darby)
• The confidence of the godly man when in the depth of distress that he will be delivered from all his enemies by the righteousness of God. (“Psalms 31” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. In thee, Jehovah, do I trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.