Seventeen verses on faith, which the psalms call trust, refuge and committing your way to the LORD.
The word faith does not appear in the psalms, in either the World English Bible or the King James Version. The psalms use other words for the same thing: trust in the LORD, take refuge in him, commit your way to him. The faith they describe is not always calm. It is often stated in the middle of a complaint, with a but: but I trust in your loving kindness, but I trust in you, LORD.
The verses are grouped: trust in the LORD, faith that holds on in hard times, trusting God's plan, and abiding in God. Each shows the World English Bible text and a note. Tick the verses you want and print them as one sheet.
The plain statements. Short verses that say what trust is and who it is placed in.
Trust in him at all times, you people.Pour out your heart before him.God is a refuge for us. Selah.
Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
Trust is paired with honesty: trust in him at all times, and pour out your heart before him. Faith here includes saying everything.
It is better to take refuge in the LORD,than to put confidence in man.
It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to put confidence in man. A comparison, not a command, and the next verse repeats it for princes.
Those who trust in the LORD are as Mount Zion,which can’t be moved, but remains forever.
They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
Those who trust in the LORD are compared to Mount Zion, which can't be moved. The picture is of steadiness, not of feeling.
Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust,and doesn’t respect the proud, nor such as turn away to lies.
Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust. The verse adds what that person does not look to: the proud, and those who turn away to lies.
Judge me, LORD, for I have walked in my integrity.I have trusted also in the LORD without wavering.
Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.
I have trusted also in the LORD without wavering. The writer is confident enough in it to ask to be judged.
Faith spoken from inside trouble, where the psalm has just complained.
But I trust in your loving kindness.My heart rejoices in your salvation.
But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.
Psalm 13 opens with How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever? Four verses later comes but I trust in your loving kindness. Nothing in the psalm says the situation has changed.
Our fathers trusted in you.They trusted, and you delivered them.
Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
Psalm 22 opens with My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? A few verses on, the writer remembers that our fathers trusted, and were delivered.
I believed, therefore I said,“I was greatly afflicted.”
I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:
I believed, therefore I said, I was greatly afflicted. Belief and the admission of affliction come in the same breath.
For decisions, delays and not knowing how things will turn out.
Commit your way to the LORD.Trust also in him, and he will do this:
Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
Commit your way to the LORD. The sentence runs on into the next verse, where he will make your righteousness shine out like light.
My times are in your hand.Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.
My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
My times are in your hand. The writer hands over the timing as well as the outcome, in a psalm full of enemies and plots.
The LORD will fulfill that which concerns me.Your loving kindness, LORD, endures forever.Don’t forsake the works of your own hands.
The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
The LORD will fulfill that which concerns me. The verse still ends with a request: don't forsake the works of your own hands.
I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go.I will counsel you with my eye on you.
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
A voice in the psalm promises: I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. The guidance is close, with an eye on you.
Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning,for I trust in you.Cause me to know the way in which I should walk,for I lift up my soul to you.
Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
Morning, trust and direction in one verse: cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.
Faith as closeness: staying near God and knowing him, not only believing things about him.
Those who know your name will put their trust in you,for you, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.
And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
Knowing and trusting are linked: those who know your name will put their trust in you. The reason given is that the LORD has not forsaken those who seek him.
I have set the LORD always before me.Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
I have set the LORD always before me. Faith here is a habit of attention, and the result is I shall not be moved.
My soul stays close to you.Your right hand holds me up.
My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
My soul stays close to you. Your right hand holds me up. Two movements, one from each side.
One thing I have asked of the LORD, that I will seek after:that I may dwell in the LORD’s house all the days of my life,to see the LORD’s beauty,and to inquire in his temple.
One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
One thing asked for: to dwell in the LORD's house all the days of my life. It is a picture of living near God rather than visiting.
Psalm 62, Psalm 37 and Psalm 125 each speak directly about trusting the LORD, which is how the psalms talk about faith. Psalm 62:8 is the clearest single line: trust in him at all times, you people.
No. Neither the World English Bible nor the King James Version uses the word faith in the psalms. They say trust, refuge and believe instead, as in Psalm 116:10: I believed.
No. That line is Proverbs 3:5. The nearest psalms are Psalm 37:3 and 37:5, trust in the LORD and commit your way to the LORD, and Psalm 62:8.
Psalm 37:5 says commit your way to the LORD, Psalm 31:15 says my times are in your hand, and Psalm 138:8 says the LORD will fulfill that which concerns me.
Psalm 27:4 asks to dwell in the LORD's house all the days of my life, and Psalm 91:1 speaks of dwelling in the secret place of the Most High. Psalm 63:8 says my soul stays close to you.
Psalm 9:10 links knowing and trusting: those who know your name will put their trust in you.
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