Psalms 25:2

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

My God, I trust in you. Please do not let me be humiliated; do not let my enemies triumphantly rejoice over me!

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֱ‍ֽלֹהַ֗י בְּךָ֣ בָ֭טַחְתִּי אַל־אֵב֑וֹשָׁה אַל־יַֽעַלְצ֖וּ אֹיְבַ֣י לִֽי

Transliteration

ʾĕlōhay in you I bāṭaḥtî ʾal-ʾēbôšāh ʾal-yaʿalṣû ʾōyĕbay to me

Grammar Details

• *ʾĕlōhay*: noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - 'my God'
• *bāṭaḥtî*: verb, Qal perfect 1st person singular - 'I trust/have trusted'
• *ʾal-ʾēbôšāh*: negative particle + verb, Qal imperfect 1st person singular cohortative - 'let me not be ashamed'
• *ʾal-yaʿalṣû*: negative particle + verb, Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - 'let them not exult/triumph'
• *ʾōyĕbay*: noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - 'my enemies'

Word Meanings

• *bāṭaḥtî*: I trust/I have trusted/I place my confidence
• *ʾēbôšāh*: be ashamed/be disappointed/be confounded
• *yaʿalṣû*: exult/rejoice/triumph

Referenced Verses

• Ps 31:1 : 1 For the music director; a psalm of David. In you, O LORD, I have taken shelter! Never let me be humiliated! Vindicate me by rescuing me!
• Ps 41:11 : 11 By this I know that you are pleased with me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.
• Ps 71:1 : 1 In you, O LORD, I have taken shelter! Never let me be humiliated!
• Isa 26:3 : 3 You keep completely safe the people who maintain their faith, for they trust in you.
• Isa 49:23 : 23 Kings will be your children’s guardians; their princesses will nurse your children. With their faces to the ground they will bow down to you and they will lick the dirt on your feet. Then you will recognize that I am the LORD; those who wait patiently for me are not put to shame.
• Rom 5:5 : 5 And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
• Rom 10:11 : 11 For the scripture says,“Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.”
• 1 Pet 2:6 : 6 For it says in scripture,“Look, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and whoever believes in him will never be put to shame.”
• Isa 28:16 : 16 Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD, says:“Look, I am laying a stone in Zion, an approved stone, set in place as a precious cornerstone for the foundation. The one who maintains his faith will not panic.
• Isa 36:14-20 : 14 This is what the king says:‘Don’t let Hezekiah mislead you, for he is not able to rescue you! 15 Don’t let Hezekiah talk you into trusting in the LORD by saying,“The LORD will certainly rescue us; this city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.” 16 Don’t listen to Hezekiah!’ For this is what the king of Assyria says,‘Send me a token of your submission and surrender to me. Then each of you may eat from his own vine and fig tree and drink water from his own cistern, 17 until I come and take you to a land just like your own– a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards. 18 Hezekiah is misleading you when he says,“The LORD will rescue us.” Has any of the gods of the nations rescued his land from the power of the king of Assyria? 19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Indeed, did any gods rescue Samaria from my power? 20 Who among all the gods of these lands have rescued their lands from my power? So how can the LORD rescue Jerusalem from my power?’”
• Isa 37:10 : 10 “Tell King Hezekiah of Judah this:‘Don’t let your God in whom you trust mislead you when he says,“Jerusalem will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.”
• Isa 37:20 : 20 Now, O LORD our God, rescue us from his power, so all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the LORD.”
• Isa 37:35 : 35 I will shield this city and rescue it for the sake of my reputation and because of my promise to David my servant.”’”
• Ps 94:3 : 3 O LORD, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked celebrate?
• Ps 142:6 : 6 Listen to my cry for help, for I am in serious trouble! Rescue me from those who chase me, for they are stronger than I am.
• Ps 56:1 : 1 For the music director; according to the yonath-elem-rekhoqim style; a prayer of David, written when the Philistines captured him in Gath. Have mercy on me, O God, for men are attacking me! All day long hostile enemies are tormenting me.
• Ps 34:8 : 8 Taste and see that the LORD is good! How blessed is the one who takes shelter in him!
• Ps 35:19-25 : 19 Do not let those who are my enemies for no reason gloat over me! Do not let those who hate me without cause carry out their wicked schemes! 20 For they do not try to make peace with others, but plan ways to deceive those who live peacefully in the land. 21 They are ready to devour me; they say,“Aha! Aha! We’ve got you!” 22 But you take notice, LORD; do not be silent! O Lord, do not remain far away from me! 23 Rouse yourself, wake up and vindicate me! My God and Lord, defend my just cause! 24 Vindicate me by your justice, O LORD my God! Do not let them gloat over me! 25 Do not let them say to themselves,“Aha! We have what we wanted!” Do not let them say,“We have devoured him!”
• Ps 37:40 : 40 The LORD helps them and rescues them; he rescues them from evil men and delivers them, for they seek his protection.
• Ps 7:1 : 1 A musical composition by David, which he sang to the LORD concerning a Benjaminite named Cush. O LORD my God, in you I have taken shelter. Deliver me from all who chase me! Rescue me!
• Ps 13:2-4 : 2 How long must I worry, and suffer in broad daylight? How long will my enemy gloat over me? 3 Look at me! Answer me, O LORD my God! Revive me, or else I will die! 4 Then my enemy will say,“I have defeated him!” Then my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.
• Ps 18:2 : 2 The LORD is my high ridge, my stronghold, my deliverer. My God is my rocky summit where I take shelter, my shield, the horn that saves me, and my refuge.
• Ps 22:1 : 1 For the music director; according to the tune“Morning Doe;” a psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? I groan in prayer, but help seems far away.
• Ps 22:5 : 5 To you they cried out, and they were saved; in you they trusted and they were not disappointed.
• Ps 22:8 : 8 They say,“Commit yourself to the LORD! Let the LORD rescue him! Let the LORD deliver him, for he delights in him.”