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Psalms 13:5
5But I will trust you because of your faithful love. Please make me safe, so that I can be happy and thank you.
Psalms 13:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.
- New International Version (NIV)But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But I have trusted in Your mercy; My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.
Context of Psalms 13:5
3Lord, please listen to me! I feel that I am nearly dead. Please give me the strength to live! 4If I die, my enemies will say, ‘We have won against him!’ My enemies will be very happy if I fall. But I will trust you because of your faithful love. Please make me safe, so that I can be happy and thank you. 6Yes, I will sing to praise the Lord, because he will surely help me.
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וַאֲנִ֤י׀ בְּחַסְדְּךָ֣ בָטַחְתִּי֮ יָ֤גֵ֥ל לִבִּ֗י בִּֽישׁוּעָ֫תֶ֥ךָRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 13:5
- Psalms 32:10Wicked people will receive a lot of trouble and pain. But if anyone trusts in the Lord, they will know that God always loves them.
- Psalms 33:18Remember, the Lord takes care of people who respect him. Those people trust him for his faithful love.
- Psalms 36:7God, your faithful love has great value! You keep all humans safe, like birds protect their babies under their wings.
- Psalms 52:8But I am like a strong olive tree that grows in the house of God. I will always trust in God's faithful love for his people.
- Psalms 147:11Who does make the Lord happy? People who respect him and serve him well. People who trust him because they know he loves them.
- Isaiah 12:2Listen! God is the one who saves me! I will continue to trust him. I will not be afraid because the Lord himself makes me strong. He keeps me safe. He rescues us from our enemies.’
- Jude 1:21Continue to live in a way that shows God's love. As you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to come, remember that he is very kind. Because of that, you will have life with God for ever.
- Psalms 9:14Then I will praise you for everyone to hear! I will tell the people of Zion that you have saved me, and I will be very happy!
- Psalms 43:4Then I will go to your altar, to worship you, the God who makes me happy. You are my God and I will praise you there. I will sing to thank you, God, with my harp.
- Psalms 51:12Give me joy again, because you have made me safe. Make me strong and ready to obey you.
- Psalms 119:81As I wait for you to save me, I feel tired and weak. I trust in your word.
- 1 Samuel 2:1Hannah prayed and she said, ‘I am very happy when I think about what the Lord has done. The Lord has made me very strong. I can laugh at my enemies because you, Lord, have saved me. That makes me very happy.
- Habakkuk 3:18I will still sing to thank the Lord! I will be happy because God is the one who makes me safe.
- Luke 1:47I thank God because he is the one who saves me.
- Luke 2:20The shepherds then went back to their sheep. As they went they praised God. ‘How great you are!’ they said to him. ‘How good you are! Everything that the angel told us was true! We have heard good news. We have seen very special things!’
Commentaries on Psalms 13:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5But I have trusted in thy mercy - Thou wilt not suffer me to fall; or if I have fallen, wilt thou not, for his sake who died for sinners, once more lift up the light of thy countenance upon me? Wilt thou not cover my sin? My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation - There is no true joy but of the heart; and the heart cannot rejoice till all guilt is taken away from the conscience.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5But I have trusted in thy mercy - In thy favor; thy friendship; thy promises. His original confidence had been in God only, and not in himself. That confidence he still maintained; and now, as the result of that, he begins to exult in the confidence that he would be safe. The idea is, “I have trusted in the mercy of God; I still trust, and I will trust forever.” My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation - The word “salvation” here does not refer to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6The psalmist no longer hears the mockery of his enemies. Instead, he feels joyful because he trusts in the Lord.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-65-6. Trust is followed by rejoicing in the deliverance which God effects, and, instead of his enemy, he can lift the song of triumph.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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