Psalms 31 · Verse 6

Psalms 31:6

I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the Lord.
Psalms 31:6, King James Version

Psalms 31:6 in other translations

BSBI hate those who cling to worthless idols, but in the LORD I trust.
WEBI hate those who regard lying vanities, but I trust in the LORD.
ASVI hate them that regard lying vanities; But I trust in Jehovah.
YLTI have hated the observers of lying vanities, And I toward Jehovah have been confident.
DARBYI have hated them that observe lying vanities; and as for me, I have confided in Jehovah.
BBEI am full of hate for those who go after false gods; but my hope is in the Lord.
WebsterI have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.

What does Psalms 31:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 31:5-6

5-6. commit my spirit--my life, or myself. Our Saviour used the words on the Cross [Lu 23:46], not as prophetical, but, as many pious men have done, as expressive of His unshaken confidence in God. The Psalmist rests on God's faithfulness to His promises to His people, and hence avows himself one of them, detesting all who revere objects of idolatry (compare De 32:21; 1Co 8:4).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 I have hated them - That is, I have abominated their ways. Idolaters are the persons of whom David speaks. I trust in the Lord - While they trust in vanities vain things; (for an idol is nothing in the worid); and in lying vanities; (for much is promised and nothing given); I trust in Jehovah, who is God all-sufficient, and is my Shepherd, and therefore I shall lack no good thing.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 31:1-8

Faith and prayer must go together, for the prayer of faith is the prevailing prayer. David gave up his soul in a special manner to God. And with the words, ver. 5, our Lord Jesus yielded up his last breath on the cross, and made his soul a free-will offering for sin, laying down his life as a ransom. But David is here as a man in distress and trouble. And his great care is about his soul, his spirit, his better…

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Psalms 31:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

שָׂנֵ֗אתִיsa.Ne.tiI hateH8130
הַשֹּׁמְרִ֥יםha.sho.me.Rimthose [who] keepH8104
הַבְלֵי\־hav.lei-vanities ofH1892
שָׁ֑וְאShav'falsehoodH7723
וַ֝אֲנִ֗יva.'a.Niand IH589
אֶל\־'el-toH413
יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahwehH3068
בָּטָֽחְתִּי\׃ba.Ta.che.tiI trustH982

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 31:6

  • Psalms 26:5

    I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.

  • Jonah 2:8

    They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

  • Jeremiah 10:15

    They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:20

    But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.

  • Psalms 24:4

    He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

  • Jeremiah 10:8

    But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.

  • 1 Corinthians 8:4

    As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.

  • Romans 1:21

    Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

  • Psalms 96:7-9

    Give unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the Lord glory and strength. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts. O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.

  • John 2:8

    And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it.

  • 1 Chronicles 16:28-29

    Give unto the Lord, ye kindreds of the people, give unto the Lord glory and strength. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.

  • Psalms 139:2

    Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
hated.
26:5; 139:2
lying.
24:4; 96:7-9; 1Ch 16:28,29; Jer 10:8,15; Joh 2:8; Ro 1:21; 1Co 8:4
1Co 10:20

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Context

  • Psalms 31:5

    Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.

  • Psalms 31:6

    I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the Lord.

  • Psalms 31:7

    I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;

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Psalms 31:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Aborrecí á los que esperan en vanidades ilusorias; mas yo en Jehová he esperado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		En ta main je remets mon esprit; tu m’as racheté, ô Éternel, ✶Dieu de vérité!
German
Elberfelder 1871		Gehaßt habe ich die, welche auf nichtige Götzen achten, und ich, ich habe auf Jehova vertraut.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Pro hac orabit ad te omnis sanctus in tempore opportuno. Verumtamen in diluvio aquarum multarum, ad eum non approximabunt.