Psalms 31:1

In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.

Psalms 31:1.-Prayer for deliverance, on the plea of Yahweh's righteousness (Psalms 31:1); David's confidence because of Yahweh's character toward His people (Psalms 31:2); his distress (Psalms 31:9); his bringing it before God (Psalms 31:14); assurance of Yahweh's saving goodness to His people (Psalms 31:19). Concluding summary: his experience of God applied to the saints, that they, too, may love the Lord, as the Saviour of believers and the Punisher of the proud (Psalms 31:22). Jeremiah 20:10 quotes Psalms 31:13; Christ, on the cross (Luke 23:46), quoted Psalms 31:5. He is the antitypical David.

In thee ... trust - one ground on which he rests his prayer.

Let me. ... - his trust in Yahweh. Thy righteousness - a second plea for being heard, 'the righteousness of God,' which makes it impossible that the righteous can perish, and the unrighteous finally prosper.