New King James Version
Psalms 31:6
6I have hated those who regard useless idols; But I trust in the Lord.
Psalms 31:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the Lord.
- New International Version (NIV)I hate those who cling to worthless idols; as for me, I trust in the Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I hate those who pay regard to worthless idols, but I trust in the Lord.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I hate those who worship worthless idols. I trust in the Lord.
Context of Psalms 31:6
4Pull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me, For You are my strength. 5Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O Lord God of truth. I have hated those who regard useless idols; But I trust in the Lord. 7I will be glad and rejoice in Your mercy, For You have considered my trouble; You have known my soul in adversities, 8And have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; You have set my feet in a wide place.
Read all of Psalms 31Psalms 31:6 word by word
שָׂנֵ֗אתִי הַשֹּׁמְרִ֥ים הַבְלֵי־שָׁ֑וְא וַ֝אֲנִ֗י אֶל־יְהוָ֥ה בָּטָֽחְתִּי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 31:6
- Psalms 26:5I have hated the assembly of evildoers, And will not sit with the wicked.
- Psalms 139:2You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off.
- Psalms 24:4He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, Nor sworn deceitfully.
- Psalms 96:7Give to the Lord, O families of the peoples, Give to the Lord glory and strength.
- 1 Chronicles 16:28Give to the Lord, O families of the peoples, Give to the Lord glory and strength.
- Jeremiah 10:8But they are altogether dull-hearted and foolish; A wooden idol is a worthless doctrine.
- John 2:8And He said to them, “Draw some out now, and take it to the master of the feast.” And they took it.
- Romans 1:21because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
- 1 Corinthians 8:4Therefore concerning the eating of things offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one.
- 1 Corinthians 10:20Rather, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to have fellowship with demons.
Commentaries on Psalms 31:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6I have hated them - That is, I have abominated their ways. Idolaters are the persons of whom David speaks. I trust in the Lord - While they trust in vanities vain things; (for an idol is nothing in the worid); and in lying vanities; (for much is promised and nothing given); I trust in Jehovah, who is God all-sufficient, and is my Shepherd, and therefore I shall lack no good thing.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6I have hated them that regard lying vanities - This is evidently stated as a reason for the prayer offered in the previous verses. It is a reference by the psalmist to his own past life; to his general aim and conduct. The meaning is, that he had been a friend of God; that he had separated himself from wicked men; and he now prays in return for His protection and interposition. The sentiment is similar to that which occurs in Psalm 26:3-5. See the notes…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-8Trusting the Lord means believing he cares about our well-being.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-65-6. commit my spirit--my life, or myself. Our Saviour used the words on the Cross [Lu 23:46], not as prophetical, but, as many pious men have done, as expressive of His unshaken confidence in God. The Psalmist rests on God's faithfulness to His promises to His people, and hence avows himself one of them, detesting all who revere objects of idolatry (compare De 32:21; 1Co 8:4).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 31
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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