Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in Psalms 25:2

“O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.”

Psalms 25:2 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in Psalms 25:2, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of Psalms 25. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

1 Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.

2 O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.

3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.

4 Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 14 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • Romans 10:11For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
  • Psalms 41:11By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
  • Psalms 22:5They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
  • Psalms 71:1In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
  • Romans 5:5And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
  • Psalms 142:6Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
  • Isaiah 37:35For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
  • Psalms 31:1In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
  • Psalms 34:8O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
  • Psalms 13:2How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
  • Psalms 94:3LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
  • Isaiah 26:3Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
  • Psalms 7:1O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
  • Isaiah 49:23And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt k…

More to meet God in Psalms

Psalms 23:1Psalms 46:10Psalms 91:1Psalms 27:1Psalms 139:14Psalms 34:18Psalms 118:24Psalms 46:1Psalms 37:4Psalms 121:1Psalms 19:1Psalms 51:10Psalms 118:6Psalms 30:5

How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.