“But I trusted in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God.”
The psalmist declares that despite all these threats and abandonment, he has placed his trust in the LORD and declares that God is his God. The affirmation "I trust in you, O LORD" appears almost as defiance in the context of all the preceding lamentation. The declaration "You are my God" represents the fundamental covenant relationship. The verb "I have said" suggests a firm, deliberate commitment. This verse demonstrates the dialectic of authentic faith: not the denial of real suffering but the maintenance of trust despite that suffering.
Church Fathers on Psalms 31:14
To the end, a psalm of David himself, an ecstasy. 1. To the end a Psalm of David Himself, the Mediator strong of hand in persecutions. For the word ecstasy, which is added to the title, signifies a transport of the mind, which is produced either by a panic, or by some revelation. But in this Psalm the panic of the people of God troubled by the persecution of all the heathen, and by the failing of faith throughout the world, is principally seen. But first the Mediator Himself…
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