King James Version
Psalms 13:5
5But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.
Psalms 13:5 in other versions
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)But I trust in your unfailing love. I will rejoice because you have rescued me.
Context of Psalms 13:5
3Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; 4Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved. But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. 6I will sing unto the Lord, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.
Read all of Psalms 13Psalms 13:5 word by word
וַאֲנִ֤י׀ בְּחַסְדְּךָ֣ בָטַחְתִּי֮ יָ֤גֵ֥ל לִבִּ֗י בִּֽישׁוּעָ֫תֶ֥ךָRead the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 13:5
- Psalms 32:10Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about.
- Psalms 33:18Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
- Psalms 36:7How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
- Psalms 52:8But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
- Psalms 147:11The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
- Isaiah 12:2Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
- Jude 1:21Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
- Psalms 9:14That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
- Psalms 43:4Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
- Psalms 51:12Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
- Psalms 119:81My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
- 1 Samuel 2:1And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the Lord, mine horn is exalted in the Lord: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
- Habakkuk 3:18Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
- Luke 1:47And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
- Luke 2:20And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto 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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