1 In you, Yahweh, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame. 2 Rescue me and make me safe in your righteousness; turn your ear to me and save me. 3 Be to me a rock for refuge where I may always go; you have given a command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress. 4 Rescue me, my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel. 5 For you are my hope, Lord Yahweh. I have trusted in you ever since I was a child. 6 By you I have been supported from the womb; you are he who took me out of my mother's belly; my praise will be always about you. 7 I am an example to many people; you are my strong refuge. 8 My mouth will be filled with your praise, all the day with your honor. 9 Do not throw me away in my time of old age; do not abandon me when my strength fails. 10 For my enemies are talking about me; those who watch for my life are plotting together. 11 They say, “God has forsaken him; pursue and take him, for there is no one to save him.” 12 God, do not be far from me; my God, hurry to help me. 13 Let them be put to shame and destroyed, those who are hostile to my life; let them be covered with rebuke and dishonor, those who seek my hurt. 14 But I will always hope in you and will praise you more and more. 15 My mouth will tell about your righteousness and your salvation all the day, although I cannot understand it. 16 I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord Yahweh; I will make mention of your righteousness, yours alone. 17 God, you have taught me from my youth; even now I declare your wonderful deeds. 18 Indeed, even when I am old and gray-headed, God, do not forsake me, as I have been declaring your strength to the next generation, your power to everyone who is to come. 19 Your righteousness also, God, is very high; you who have done great things, God, who is like you? 20 You who made me see many troubles will revive us again and will bring us up again from the depths of the earth. 21 May you increase my honor; turn again and comfort me. 22 I will also give thanks to you with the harp for your trustworthiness, my God; to you I will sing praises with the harp, Holy One of Israel. 23 My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to you— even my soul, which you have redeemed. 24 My tongue will also talk about your righteousness all day long; for they have been put to shame and are confused, those who sought my hurt.
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Cross references (24)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 31:1–3; Psalm 25:2–3; 1 Peter 2:6; Psalm 22:5; Jeremiah 17:18
- 2 Psalm 31:1; Psalm 17:6; Psalm 143:11; Psalm 116:1–2; Psalm 10:17–18
- 3 Psalm 18:2; Proverbs 18:10; Deuteronomy 33:27; Psalm 31:2–3; Psalm 91:11–12
- 4 Psalm 59:1–2; Psalm 140:1–4; Psalm 17:8–9; Psalm 17:13; 2 Samuel 17:1–2
- 5 Jeremiah 17:7; Psalm 39:7; Psalm 119:81; Psalm 71:17; 1 Samuel 17:45–47
- 6 Jeremiah 1:5; Psalm 22:9–10; Psalm 139:15–16; Galatians 1:15; Isaiah 49:1
- 7 Isaiah 8:18; Psalm 62:7; Acts 4:13; 1 Corinthians 4:9; Jeremiah 16:19
- 8 Psalm 35:28; Psalm 146:2; Psalm 104:1; Psalm 71:15; Psalm 71:24
- 9 Isaiah 46:4; 2 Timothy 1:12; Psalm 71:18; Psalm 90:10; Psalm 92:13–15
- 10 Psalm 83:3; Psalm 56:6; Psalm 31:13; Psalm 37:32–33; Jeremiah 20:10
- 11 Psalm 7:2; Psalm 50:22; Matthew 27:46; Psalm 3:2; 2 Chronicles 32:13–14
- 12 Psalm 38:21–22; Psalm 35:22; Psalm 22:11; Psalm 70:5; Psalm 69:18
- 13 Jeremiah 20:11; Psalm 71:24; Psalm 109:29; Psalm 35:4; Psalm 35:26
- 14 1 John 3:3; Psalm 130:7; Lamentations 3:26; Psalm 43:5; Psalm 71:6
- 15 Psalm 40:5; Psalm 35:28; Psalm 71:8; Psalm 139:17–18; Psalm 145:5–14
- 16 Philippians 4:13; Philippians 3:9; Psalm 29:11; Matthew 6:33; Psalm 51:14
- 17 Psalm 119:9; Psalm 119:102; Psalm 71:5; Deuteronomy 4:5; 1 Samuel 17:36–37
- 18 Isaiah 46:4; Psalm 78:4; Psalm 71:9; Psalm 145:4–5; Psalm 78:6
- 19 Psalm 35:10; Psalm 36:5–6; Isaiah 55:9; Psalm 57:10; Exodus 15:11
- 20 Psalm 138:7; Hosea 6:1–2; Psalm 60:3; Psalm 86:13; Ezekiel 37:12–13
- 21 2 Samuel 3:1; Isaiah 12:1; Psalm 86:17; Psalm 18:35; 2 Corinthians 1:4–5
- 22 Psalm 92:1–3; Psalm 33:2; 2 Kings 19:22; Psalm 89:18; Isaiah 12:6
- 23 Psalm 103:4; Psalm 104:33; Luke 1:46–47; Revelation 5:9; Psalm 34:22
- 24 Psalm 71:13; Psalm 18:37–43; 1 Corinthians 15:25; Psalm 92:11; Psalm 35:28
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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