Psalms 31:5-6
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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Psalms 31:5-6. Thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth, I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.
Men are sure to have some kind of trust or other on which they rely. In David’s day, some trusted to false gods, others relied upon their own strength; the psalmist does not speak in soft tones concerning these people, but he says, "I could not bear them. ‘I have hated them that regard lying vanities.’ I would not come into their secret, or have any connection with them. I was astonished at them, that they should turn away from God; but as for myself, ‘I trust in Jehovah.’" See how he comes back to the note with which he started: "In thee, O Jehovah, do I put my trust;" and now he repeats it, "I trust in Jehovah." It is an unfashionable thing, many will not do it yet David says, "I trust in Jehovah," as if he dared to stand alone, and did not mind how singular he seemed to be.