Psalms 31:1. In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust;
This is a good beginning; this is the fulcrum which will give us the necessary leverage for lifting any weight of sorrow or trouble that may be burdening us: "In thee, O Jehovah, do I put my trust." Can each of us truthfully say that to begin with? If so, we may go on with David to the petitions that follow: -
Psalms 31:1. Let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
It would be to us the shame of shames if God, in whom we put our trust, could fail us. Then, indeed, might the scoffers say, "Where is now their God?" and what should we then be able to say of the righteousness of God? He has pledged himself that he will never fail nor forsake anyone of his people; so, if he ever did fail them, what would become of his honour?
Psalms 31:1. In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust;
This is a good beginning; this is the fulcrum which will give us the necessary leverage for lifting any weight of sorrow or trouble that may be burdening us: "In thee, O Jehovah, do I put my trust." Can each of us truthfully say that to begin with? If so, we may go on with David to the petitions that follow: -
Psalms 31:1. Let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
It would be to us the shame of shames if God, in whom we put our trust, could fail us. Then, indeed, might the scoffers say, "Where is now their God?" and what should we then be able to say of the righteousness of God? He has pledged himself that he will never fail nor forsake anyone of his people; so, if he ever did fail them, what would become of his honour?