In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
Psalms 31:1-24.-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 31:2-8); his distress (Psalms 31:9-13); his bringing it before God (Psalms 31:14-18); assurance of Yahweh's saving goodness to His people (Psalms 31:19-21). 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 31:22-24). 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.