Psalms 31:14

THE MESSAGE

Desperate, I throw myself on you: you are my God! Hour by hour I place my days in your hand, safe from the hands out to get me. Warm me, your servant, with a smile; save me because you love me. Don't embarrass me by not showing up; I've given you plenty of notice. Embarrass the wicked, stand them up, leave them stupidly shaking their heads as they drift down to hell. Gag those loudmouthed liars who heckle me, your follower, with jeers and catcalls.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But I trust in you, Lord;I say, “You are my God.”

Hebrew Names Version
But I trust in you, LORD. I said, You are my God.

King James Version
But I trusted in thee, O Lord : I said, Thou art my God.

English Standard Version
But I trust in you, O Lord ; I say, "You are my God."

New Century Version
Lord , I trust you. I have said, "You are my God."

New English Translation
But I trust in you, O Lord ! I declare, "You are my God!"

Amplified Bible
But as for me, I trust [confidently] in You and Your greatness, O LORD; I said, "You are my God."

New American Standard Bible
But as for me, I trust in You, LORD, I say, "You are my God."

World English Bible
But I trust in you, Yahweh. I said, You are my God.

Geneva Bible (1587)
But I trusted in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God.

Legacy Standard Bible
But as for me, I trust in You, O Yahweh,I say, "You are my God."

Berean Standard Bible
But I trust in You, O LORD; I say, "You are my God."

Contemporary English Version
But I trust you, Lord , and I claim you as my God.

Complete Jewish Bible
All I hear is whispering, terror is all around me; they plot together against me, scheming to take my life.

Darby Translation
But I confided in thee, Jehovah; I said, thou art my God.

Easy-to-Read Version
Lord , I trust in you. You are my God.

George Lamsa Translation
But I trusted in thee, O LORD; I said, Thou art my God, O LORD.

Good News Translation
But my trust is in you, O Lord ; you are my God.

Lexham English Bible
But as for me, I trust you, O Yahweh. I say, "You are my God."

Literal Translation
But I trusted in You, O Jehovah; I said, You are my God.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I am clene forgotten and out of mynde, as a deed man: I am become like a broken vessell.

American Standard Version
But I trusted in thee, O Jehovah: I said, Thou art my God.

Bible in Basic English
But I had faith in you, O Lord; I said, You are my God.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
For I have heard the whispering of many, terror on every side;

King James Version (1611)
But I trusted in thee, O Lord: I sayd, Thou art my God.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But my hope hath ben in thee O God: I haue sayd thou art my Lorde.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But I hoped in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God.

English Revised Version
But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But, Lord, Y hopide in thee; Y seide, Thou art my God; my tymes ben in thin hondis.

Update Bible Version
But I trusted in you, O Yahweh: I said, You are my God.

Webster's Bible Translation
But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou [art] my God.

New King James Version
But as for me, I trust in You, O LORD; I say, "You are my God."

New Living Translation
But I am trusting you, O Lord , saying, "You are my God!"

New Life Bible
But as for me, I trust in You, O Lord. I say, "You are my God."

New Revised Standard
But I trust in you, O Lord ; I say, "You are my God."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I, therefore. in thee, have put ray trust, O Yahweh, I have said, My God, thou art!

Douay-Rheims Bible
(30-15) But I have put my trust in thee, O Lord: I said: Thou art my God.

Revised Standard Version
But I trust in thee, O LORD, I say, "Thou art my God."

Young's Literal Translation
And I on Thee -- I have trusted, O Jehovah, I have said, `Thou [art] my God.'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
But as for me, I trust in You, O Lord , I say, "You are my God."

Contextual Overview

¹⁴Desperate, I throw myself on you: you are my God! Hour by hour I place my days in your hand, safe from the hands out to get me. Warm me, your servant, with a smile; save me because you love me. Don't embarrass me by not showing up; I've given you plenty of notice. Embarrass the wicked, stand them up, leave them stupidly shaking their heads as they drift down to hell. Gag those loudmouthed liars who heckle me, your follower, with jeers and catcalls.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Thou: Psalms 16:1, Psalms 16:2, Psalms 18:2, Psalms 22:1, Psalms 22:2, Psalms 43:5, Psalms 56:3, Psalms 56:4, Psalms 63:1, Psalms 71:12, Psalms 71:22, Matthew 26:39, Matthew 26:42, Matthew 27:46, John 20:17

Reciprocal: Psalms 11:1 - In the Psalms 26:1 - trusted Psalms 48:14 - this God Psalms 140:6 - I said unto Psalms 143:10 - for thou art Daniel 2:21 - he changeth Daniel 6:22 - My God Hosea 9:17 - My God

Cross-References

Ruth 4:11
All the people in the town square that day, backing up the elders, said, "Yes, we are witnesses. May God make this woman who is coming into your household like Rachel and Leah, the two women who built the family of Israel. May God make you a pillar in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem! With the children God gives you from this young woman, may your family rival the family of Perez, the son Tamar bore to Judah."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But I trusted in thee, O Lord,.... His faith revived again under all the discouraging views he had of things, and was exercised upon the Lord; he committed himself to him, believing he was able to help him in his time of trouble, and deliver him;

I said, thou [art] my God; he claimed his covenant interest in him, and used it as an argument with him to have regard unto him, and as a support to his faith in his present distress; :-.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But I trust in thee, O Lord - In these times of trial - when Psalms 31:9 his eye was consumed with grief; when Psalms 31:10 his years were spent with sighing, his strength failed, and his bones were consumed; when Psalms 31:11 he was a reproach among his neighbors, and dreaded by his acquaintances; when Psalms 31:12 he was forgotten as a dead man; and when Psalms 31:13 he was surrounded with causes of alarm. Then he trusted in God. His confidence did not fail. He believed that God was his Father and Friend; that He was on the throne; that He could protect and defend him; and he left himself and his cause with Him. In such circumstances as these there is no other sure refuge but God; at such times the strength of faith is shown, and then is seen pre-eminently the power and value of religion.

I said, Thou art my God - Thou art all that is implied in the name “God;” and thou art mine. He felt assured that God would not forsake him, though men did; that he might confide in Him, though his earthly friends all turned away. There is always one (God) who will not leave or forsake us; and the friendship and favor of that One is of more value to us than that of all other beings in the universe combined.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 31:14. But I trusted in thee — Hitherto thou hast been my Helper, and thou art my God; I have taken thee for my eternal portion.