Psalm 55:22 (BSB)

Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.

From Psalms 55. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Psalm 55:22

  • John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Psalm 55:22: 22 Cast thy giving upon Jehovah. The Hebrew verb יהב, yahab, signifies to give, so that יהבע, yehobcha, according to the ordinary rules of grammar, should be rendered thy giving, or thy gift. “What thou desirest to have given thee,” according to the Chaldee, which renders the word thy hope; i e., that which thou hopest to receive.
  • C.H. Spurgeon (Reformed Baptist), The Treasury of David on Psalm 55:22: Thy burden, or what thy God lays upon thee, lay thou it upon the Lord. His wisdom casts it on thee, it is thy wisdom to cast it on him. He cast thy lot for thee, cast thy lot on him. He gives thee thy portion of suffering, accept it with cheerful resignation, and then take it back to him by thine assured confidence. He shall sustain thee.
  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Psalm 55:16-23: In these verses, I. David perseveres in his resolution to call upon God, being well assured that he should not seek him in vain (Psa 55:16): "As for me, let them take what course they please to secure themselves, let violence and strife be their guards, prayer shall be mind; this I have found comfort in, and therefore this will I abide by: I will...
  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Psalm 55:22: But thou, O God, shall bring them down,.... Ahithophel and his accomplices in the conspiracy against David, Judas and the wicked Jews concerned in Christ's death; and did not believe in him; into the pit of destruction, or "corruption" (i); either the grave, where bodies being put corrupt and putrefy; or hell, where the wicked are punished with everlasting destruction; see Psa 55:15; bloody and...