New English Translation
Psalms 13:5
5But I trust in your faithfulness. May I rejoice because of your deliverance!
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! Revive me, or else I will die! 4Then my enemy will say, “I have defeated him!” Then my foes will rejoice because I am upended. But I trust in your faithfulness. May I rejoice because of your deliverance! 6I will sing praises to the Lord when he vindicates me.
Read all of Psalms 13Psalms 13:5 word by word
וַאֲנִ֤י׀ בְּחַסְדְּךָ֣ בָטַחְתִּי֮ יָ֤גֵ֥ל לִבִּ֗י בִּֽישׁוּעָ֫תֶ֥ךָRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 13:5
- Psalms 32:10An evil person suffers much pain, but the Lord’s faithfulness overwhelms the one who trusts in him.
- Psalms 33:18Look, the Lord takes notice of his loyal followers, those who wait for him to demonstrate his faithfulness
- Psalms 36:7How precious is your loyal love, O God! The human race finds shelter under your wings.
- Psalms 52:8But I am like a flourishing olive tree in the house of God; I continually trust in God’s loyal love.
- Psalms 147:11The Lord takes delight in his faithful followers, and in those who wait for his loyal love.
- Isaiah 12:2Look, God is my deliverer! I will trust in him and not fear. For the Lord gives me strength and protects me; he has become my deliverer.”
- Jude 1:21maintain yourselves in the love of God, while anticipating the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that brings eternal life.
- Psalms 9:14Then I will tell about all your praiseworthy acts; in the gates of Daughter Zion I will rejoice because of your deliverance.”
- Psalms 43:4Then I will go to the altar of God, to the God who gives me ecstatic joy, so that I express my thanks to you, O God, my God, with a harp.
- Psalms 51:12Let me again experience the joy of your deliverance! Sustain me by giving me the desire to obey!
- Psalms 119:81I desperately long for your deliverance. I find hope in your word.
- 1 Samuel 2:1Hannah prayed, “My heart rejoices in the Lord; my horn is exalted high because of the Lord. I loudly denounce my enemies, for I am happy that you delivered me.
- Habakkuk 3:18I will rejoice because of the Lord; I will be happy because of the God who delivers me!
- Luke 1:47and my spirit has begun to rejoice in God my Savior,
- Luke 2:20So the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen; everything was just as they had been told.
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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