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New Living Translation

Psalms 56:3

But when I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Faith;   Thompson Chain Reference - Faith-Unbelief;   Trust in God;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Courage;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - David;   Jacob;   Jonath Elem Rechokim, upon;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms;   Sin;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - God;   Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jonath Elem Rehokim;   Psalms, Book of;   Song;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for November 20;  

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
When I am afraid,I will trust in You.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When I am afraid, I will put my trust in You.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
[Neuerthelesse] at all times as I am afraide: I put my whole trust in thee.
Darby Translation
In the day that I am afraid, I will confide in thee.
New King James Version
Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You.
Literal Translation
The day I am afraid I will trust in You.
Easy-to-Read Version
When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.
World English Bible
When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.
King James Version (1611)
What time I am afraide, I will trust in thee.
King James Version
What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Neuerthelesse, whe I am afrayed, I put my trust in the.
Amplified Bible
When I am afraid, I will put my trust and faith in You.
American Standard Version
What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee.
Bible in Basic English
In the time of my fear, I will have faith in you.
Update Bible Version
When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.
Webster's Bible Translation
In the time when I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
New English Translation
When I am afraid, I trust in you.
Contemporary English Version
but even when I am afraid, I keep on trusting you.
Complete Jewish Bible
Those who are lying in wait for me would trample on me all day. For those fighting against me are many. Most High,
Geneva Bible (1587)
When I was afrayd, I trusted in thee.
George Lamsa Translation
I fear not during the day, because I trust in thee.
Hebrew Names Version
When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
They that lie in wait for me would swallow me up all the day; for they are many that fight against me, O Most High,
New Life Bible
When I am afraid, I will trust in You.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
They shall be afraid, but I will trust in thee.
English Revised Version
What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee.
Berean Standard Bible
When I am afraid, I will trust in You.
New Revised Standard
when I am afraid, I put my trust in you.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
What day I am afraid, I, unto thee will direct my confidence.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(55-4) From the height of the day I shall fear: but I will trust in thee.
Lexham English Bible
When I fear, I trust you.
English Standard Version
When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.
New American Standard Bible
When I am afraid, I will put my trust in You.
New Century Version
When I am afraid, I will trust you.
Good News Translation
When I am afraid, O Lord Almighty, I put my trust in you.
Christian Standard Bible®
When I am afraid, I will trust in You.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Myn enemyes defouliden me al dai; for manye fiyteris weren ayens me.
Young's Literal Translation
The day I am afraid I am confident toward Thee.
Revised Standard Version
When I am afraid, I put my trust in thee.

Contextual Overview

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For the choir director: A psalm of David, regarding the time the Philistines seized him in Gath. To be sung to the tune "Dove on Distant Oaks."

O God, have mercy on me, for people are hounding me. My foes attack me all day long. 2 I am constantly hounded by those who slander me, and many are boldly attacking me. 3 But when I am afraid, I will put my trust in you. 4 I praise God for what he has promised. I trust in God, so why should I be afraid? What can mere mortals do to me? 5 They are always twisting what I say; they spend their days plotting to harm me. 6 They come together to spy on me— watching my every step, eager to kill me. 7 Don't let them get away with their wickedness; in your anger, O God, bring them down.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 34:4, Psalms 55:4, Psalms 55:5, 1 Samuel 21:10, 1 Samuel 21:12, 1 Samuel 30:6, 2 Chronicles 20:3, 2 Corinthians 1:8-10, 2 Corinthians 7:5, 2 Corinthians 7:6

Reciprocal: Nehemiah 6:9 - Now therefore Psalms 9:2 - O thou Psalms 27:13 - fainted Psalms 28:7 - heart Psalms 31:14 - Thou Psalms 42:5 - hope Psalms 112:7 - shall not Proverbs 18:10 - the righteous John 14:27 - afraid 2 Corinthians 4:8 - yet Ephesians 6:16 - the shield 1 Peter 5:7 - Casting

Gill's Notes on the Bible

What time I am afraid,.... It was a time of fear with him now; he was afraid of Achish king of Gath, 1 Samuel 21:12; so believers have their times of fear; about their interest in the love, and grace, and covenant of God; about their sins and corruptions, and the prevalence of them, fearing they shall perish by them; and about their enemies, who are many, lively, and strong;

I will trust in thee; trust and confidence in the Lord is the best antidote against fears; who is unchangeable in his love, in whom is everlasting strength, and who is faithful and true to every word of promise; and therefore there is great reason to trust in him, and not be afraid.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

What time I am afraid - literally, “the day I am afraid.” David did not hesitate to admit that there were times when he was afraid. He saw himself to be in danger, and he had apprehensions as to the result. There is a natural fear of danger and of death; a fear implanted in us:

(a) to make us cautious, and

(b) to induce us to put our trust in God as a Preserver and Friend.

Our very nature - our physical constitution - is full of arrangements most skillfully adjusted, and most wisely planted there, to lead us to God as our Protector. Fear is one of these things, designed to make us feel that we “need” a God, and to lead us to him when we realize that we have no power to save ourselves from impending dangers.

I will trust in thee - As one that is able to save, and one that will order all things as they should be ordered. It is only this that can make the mind calm in the midst of danger:

(a) the feeling that God can protect us and save us from danger, and that he “will” protect us if he sees fit;

(b) the feeling that whatever may be the result, whether life or death, it will be such as God sees to be best - if “life,” that we may be useful, and glorify his name yet upon the earth; if “death,” that it will occur not because he had not “power” to interpose and save, but because there were good and sufficient reasons why he should “not” put forth his power on that occasion and rescue us.

Of this we may be, however, assured, that God has “power” to deliver us always, and that if not delivered from calamity it is not because he is inattentive, or has not power. And of this higher truth also we may be assured always, that he has power to save us from that which we have most occasion to fear - a dreadful hell. It is a good maxim with which to go into a world of danger; a good maxim to go to sea with; a good maxim in a storm; a good maxim when in danger on the land; a good maxim when we are sick; a good maxim when we think of death and the judgment - “What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.”


 
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