Mazmur 31:6

31:6 I hate those who serve worthless idols, ¹ 

but I trust in the Lord.

Mazmur 31:1

Psalm 31 ² 

For the music director; a psalm of David.

31:1 In you, O Lord, I have taken shelter!

Never let me be humiliated!

Vindicate me by rescuing me! ³ 

1 Petrus 2:23

2:23 When he was maligned, he ⁴  did not answer back; when he suffered, he threatened ⁵  no retaliation, ⁶  but committed himself to God ⁷  who judges justly.

[31:6]  ¹ tn Heb “the ones who observe vain things of falsehood.” See Jonah 2:9.

[31:1]  ² sn Psalm 31. The psalmist confidently asks the Lord to protect him. Enemies threaten him and even his friends have abandoned him, but he looks to the Lord for vindication. In vv. 19-24, which were apparently written after the Lord answered the prayer of vv. 1-18, the psalmist thanks the Lord for delivering him.

[31:1]  ³ tn Heb “in your vindication rescue me.”

[2:23]  ⁴ tn Grk “who being maligned,” continuing the reference to Christ. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[2:23]  ⁵ tn Grk “he did not threaten, but.”

[2:23]  ⁶ sn An allusion to Isa 53:7.

[2:23]  ⁷ tn Grk “to the one”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.