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Psalm 25:20

Oh keep my soul, and deliver me. Let me not be disappointed, for I take refuge in you.

18Consider my affliction and my travail. Forgive all my sins.
19Consider my enemies, for they are many. They hate me with cruel hatred.
20Oh keep my soul, and deliver me. Let me not be disappointed, for I take refuge in you.
21Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.
22God, redeem Israel out of all his troubles.
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Notice

“Let me not be disappointed” names a fear that can accompany trust, even as David turns to God for refuge from those who hate him.

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Where else Scripture says this

9 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Romans 9:33even as it is written, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense; and no one who believes in him will be disappointed.”Both passages link trust with freedom from disappointment, expressed as a plea in the psalm and an assurance in Romans.
Psalm 16:1A Poem by David. Preserve me, God, for I take refuge in you.Both prayers ask God for preservation and give the same reason: “for I take refuge in you.”
Psalm 121:7The LORD will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul.David asks God to keep his soul, while Psalm 121 declares that the LORD will keep your soul.
Psalm 71:1–2In you, LORD, I take refuge. Never let me be disappointed.Both prayers join taking refuge in God with a plea that the person seeking shelter will not be disappointed.
Psalm 64:10The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall take refuge in him. All the upright in heart shall praise him!Both passages speak of taking refuge in God, with Psalm 25 pleading for deliverance and Psalm 64 anticipating gladness and praise.
Joel 2:26–27You will have plenty to eat and be satisfied, and will praise the name of the LORD, your God, who has dealt wondrously with you; and my people will never again …David asks not to be disappointed; Joel declares that God’s people will never again be disappointed.
Luke 23:46Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” Having said this, he breathed his last.David asks God to keep his soul; Jesus commits his spirit to the Father as he dies.
Acts 7:59They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”David asks God to keep his soul amid enemies; Stephen asks Jesus to receive his spirit as he is stoned.
Genesis 32:11Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and strike me and the mothers with the children.Both prayers ask God for deliverance from danger posed by other people, with Genesis naming Esau as the feared threat.
Where this verse fits

Fear for the future. anxiety or panic. waiting.

What the Bible says about fear →What the Bible says about anxiety →What the Bible says about patience →
One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Pray Psalm 25:20 aloud before bed on one hard day

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Encouragement

Taking refuge in God leaves room to plead for help. David still faces enemies when he prays these words; his trust rests in God while danger remains.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).