God’s Word Translation
Psalms 13:5
5But I trust your mercy. My heart finds joy in your salvation.
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
3Look at me! Answer me, O Lord my God! Light up my eyes, or else I will die 4and my enemy will say, “I have overpowered him.” My opponents will rejoice because I have been shaken. But I trust your mercy. My heart finds joy in your salvation. 6I will sing to the Lord because he has been good to me.
Read all of Psalms 13Psalms 13:5 word by word
וַאֲנִ֤י׀ בְּחַסְדְּךָ֣ בָטַחְתִּי֮ יָ֤גֵ֥ל לִבִּ֗י בִּֽישׁוּעָ֫תֶ֥ךָRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 13:5
- Psalms 32:10Many heartaches await wicked people, but mercy surrounds those who trust the Lord.
- Psalms 33:18The Lord’s eyes are on those who fear him, on those who wait with hope for his mercy
- Psalms 36:7Your mercy is so precious, O God, that Adam’s descendants take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
- Psalms 52:8But I am like a large olive tree in God’s house. I trust the mercy of God forever and ever.
- Psalms 147:11The Lord is pleased with those who fear him, with those who wait with hope for his mercy.
- Isaiah 12:2Look! God is my Savior. I am confident and unafraid, because the Lord is my strength and my song. He is my Savior.”
- Jude 1:21Remain in God’s love as you look for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to give you eternal life.
- Psalms 9:14so that I may recite your praises one by one in the gates of Zion and find joy in your salvation.
- Psalms 43:4Then let me go to the altar of God, to God my ⌞highest⌟ joy, and I will give thanks to you on the lyre, O God, my God.
- Psalms 51:12Restore the joy of your salvation to me, and provide me with a spirit of willing obedience.
- Psalms 119:81My soul is weak from waiting for you to save me. My hope is based on your word.
- 1 Samuel 2:1Hannah prayed out loud, “My heart finds joy in the Lord. My head is lifted to the Lord. My mouth mocks my enemies. I rejoice because you saved ⌞me⌟.
- Habakkuk 3:18even then, I will be happy with the Lord. I will truly find joy in God, who saves me.
- Luke 1:47My spirit finds its joy in God, my Savior,
- Luke 2:20As the shepherds returned to their flock, they glorified and praised God for everything they had seen and heard. Everything happened the way the angel had told them.
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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