Psalm 25:3 NASB (Part 2)

Indeed, none of those who wait for You will be ashamed...

Have you ever had someone you trusted in let you down or make you look bad?  There's no worse feeling; it's a feeling of betrayal.  This is the underlying concern of the Psalmist.  In verses one and two, he says "To You, O LORD, I lift my soul.  O my God, in You I trust, do not let me be ashamed..."  But then he says, "Indeed, none of those who wait for You will be ashamed..."  The word "indeed" carries the idea of strong certainty.  He knows God has never let him down and never will; certainly not those who wait for Him.  Gesenius's Lexicon reveals that the word "wait"  carries the idea of "twisting or binding; hence a rope and, hence to be strong, robust (for the notion of binding fast, tying fast, is applied to strength."  Strong's Concordance speaks of "entertwine with".  What a beautiful picture!  If we will wait, or entertwine ourselves with Him, we will never be ashamed or embarrassed.  This is the same word used in Isaiah 40:31:  "those who wait for the LORD will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired, they will walk and not become weary."  God does not let His people down.  He does not make them look bad.  He can be trusted, absolutely!