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Psalm 31:19

Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the sons of men!

17Let me not be disappointed, LORD, for I have called on you. Let the wicked be disappointed. Let them be silent in Sheol.
18Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.
19Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the sons of men!
20In the shelter of your presence you will hide them from the plotting of man. You will keep them secretly in a dwelling away from the strife of tongues.
21Praise be to the LORD, for he has shown me his marvelous loving kindness in a strong city.
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Notice

Goodness is both laid up and worked in public here, giving praise a place within a psalm still shadowed by lying lips and threats.

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Where else Scripture says this

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

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1 Corinthians 2:9But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who …Both speak of what God has prepared for his people, described as those who fear him and those who love him.
Isaiah 64:4For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, nor has the eye seen a God besides you, who works for him who waits for him.Both describe God at work for people who depend on him, taking refuge in the psalm and waiting in Isaiah.
Lamentations 3:23–25They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.Both address God with praise for greatness, naming his goodness in the psalm and his faithfulness in Lamentations.
1 Peter 1:4–5to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn’t fade away, reserved in Heaven for you,Goodness laid up for those who fear God shares the language of safekeeping with an inheritance reserved in Heaven.
Colossians 3:2–4Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.The link is limited: the psalm praises God's goodness, while Colossians directs attention to things above.
James 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who …Both describe good that God keeps for his people: goodness laid up in the psalm and a Kingdom promised in James.
Psalm 16:11You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more.Both praise the good found with God, expressed as abundant goodness here and fullness of joy in Psalm 16.
Psalm 126:2–3Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”God's goodness worked before people corresponds to great deeds that the nations themselves acknowledge in Psalm 126.
1 John 3:1–2See how great a love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.Both exclaim over the greatness of God's generosity, naming his goodness in the psalm and the Father's love in John.
Psalm 23:5You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over.Both portray God's provision in the sight of others, before people in Psalm 31 and before enemies in Psalm 23.
2 Corinthians 5:5Now he who made us for this very thing is God, who also gave to us the down payment of the Spirit.Both describe God acting for his people, though only Corinthians names the Spirit as a down payment.
Psalm 36:7–10How precious is your loving kindness, God! The children of men take refuge under the shadow of your wings.Both praise God's care for people who take refuge in him, with Psalm 36 picturing shelter beneath his wings.
Where this verse fits

Praise and worship. gratitude. fear for the future.

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One step

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Pray Psalm 31:19 aloud before bed over one fear

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Encouragement

The surrounding pleas against lying lips leave room for praise before every threat has passed. God's goodness is great, stored up for those who fear him and worked for those who seek refuge.

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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).