King James Version
Psalms 31:1 in the King James Version says “To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy ...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 31 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.”
Psalms 31:1 · KJV
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me. my: Heb. to me for a rock of strength
For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“In thee O LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“let me never”
H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“be ashamed”
H954properly, to pale, i.e., by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial
“me in thy righteousness”
H6666rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
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