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Psalm 31:14
But I trust in you, LORD. I said, “You are my God.”
12I am forgotten from their hearts like a dead man. I am like broken pottery.
13For I have heard the slander of many, terror on every side, while they conspire together against me, they plot to take away my life.
14But I trust in you, LORD. I said, “You are my God.”
15My times are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.
16Make your face to shine on your servant. Save me in your loving kindness.
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“But” marks a turn from slander and threats to trust, while “You are my God” makes that trust personal before the danger has passed.
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Psalm 56:3–4When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.Both psalms speak trust to God amid fear; Psalm 56 names fear within the same sentence as the pledge to trust.
Psalm 18:2The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.Both name the LORD as the speaker’s own God and place trust in him; Psalm 18 describes that refuge through images of protection.
Psalm 48:14For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide even to death.Both declare belonging to God; Psalm 31 speaks as one person, while Psalm 48 speaks for a people and names God’s enduring guidance.
Psalm 16:2My soul, you have said to the LORD, “You are my Lord. Apart from you I have no good thing.”Both recount a personal declaration to the LORD, naming him as the speaker’s God or Lord.
Daniel 6:22My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not hurt me, because innocence was found in me before him; and also before you, O …Both speakers name God as their own amid mortal danger; Daniel reports rescue, while David’s surrounding prayer still asks for it.
Matthew 26:42Again, a second time he went away and prayed, saying, “My Father, if this cup can’t pass away from me unless I drink it, your desire be done.”Both address God in personal terms amid distress; Jesus also expresses submission to his Father’s desire.
Matthew 26:39He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, …David’s surrounding prayer and Jesus’ prayer both seek deliverance from danger while entrusting the outcome to God.
Hosea 9:17My God will cast them away, because they didn’t listen to him; and they will be wanderers among the nations.Both speakers identify God as their own, though Hosea announces judgment and Psalm 31 declares trust.
John 20:17Jesus said to her, “Don’t hold me, for I haven’t yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, …Both use personal language for belonging to God; Jesus also names God as the God of his brothers.
Matthew 27:46About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lima sabachthani?” That is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”Both address God as their own amid suffering; David declares trust, while Jesus cries out about being forsaken.
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Fear for the future. anxiety or panic. feeling distant from God.
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Trust does not require you to report that the trouble has ended. David still asks for rescue after declaring his trust; YHWH remains his God amid threats.
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