Psalm 31:1

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Psalms 31:1-24

Psalms 31:1-24THE swift transitions of feeling in this psalm may seem strange to colder natures whose lives run smoothly, but reveal a brother-soul to those who have known what it is to ride on the top of the wave and then to go down into its trough. What is peculiar to the psalm is not only the inclusion of the whole gamut of feeling, but the force with which each key is struck and the persistence through all of the one ground tone of cleaving to Jehovah. The poetic temperament passes quickly... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Psalms 31:1-24

Psalms 31:0 The Enemies of Israel and the Victory 1. The prayer for deliverance (Psalms 31:1-18 ) 2. The victory (Psalms 31:19-24 ) Psalms 31:1-18 . Many saints have turned to this Psalm for encouragement in time of trouble and sorrow. And there is much in it which helps the trusting soul. Notice the different names of Jehovah--my rock--my house of defense--my strong rock--my fortress--my strength--God of truth. But like the previous Psalms this one also unfolds prophetically the... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 31:1

31:1 [To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy {a} righteousness.(a) For then God declares himself just, when he preserves his as he has promised. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Psalms 31:1-24

Psalms 25:0 In the Hebrew this prayer is arranged as an acrostic, i.e., the first word of each verse begins with a letter in alphabetical order from A-to-Z. Hereafter we shall not give as much attention to every psalm as we have thus far, but trust the reader to do the analyzing after the examples given. The purpose of this book is not so much textual explanation as a stimulus to Bible study in a broader sense, and it is assumed that the reader has been studying the Bible side by side with the... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 31:1

CONTENTS This is a memorable Psalm, in that it contains some of the very words pronounced by our Lord on the cross. So that here also, as in numberless instances, we may discern somewhat of Jesus. The Psalm opens in prayer, and ends in praise. To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 31:1-5

The last verse of these five becomes a key to open to us the four preceding. Nothing can be more evident than that the whole must have been written by David, under the spirit of prophecy, in direct reference to the Lord Jesus Christ; for Christ closed his ministry on the cross with those very words: Luke 23:46 : as if to show to whom this scripture pointed. How delightful is it to view Christ in this scripture! We see him here as our Surety; we behold him at prayer, agreeably to the covenant... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Psalms 31:1

Understanding; (Protestants mascil.; Haydock) shewing how he was brought to acknowledge his fault, and by penance to obtain pardon, (Worthington) justly giving the glory to God's grace. (St. Augustine) --- Alexandrian Septuagint, ["A psalm] to David," of understanding; which is taken from some other copy. (Haydock) --- Some suppose this word has been inserted from ver 8. (Abenezra) --- But there are several other psalms which have this title, (Haydock) intimating either that they contain... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 31:1-8

1-8 Faith and prayer must go together, for the prayer of faith is the prevailing prayer. David gave up his soul in a special manner to God. And with the words, ver. 5, our Lord Jesus yielded up his last breath on the cross, and made his soul a free-will offering for sin, laying down his life as a ransom. But David is here as a man in distress and trouble. And his great care is about his soul, his spirit, his better part. Many think that while perplexed about their worldly affairs, and their... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Psalms 31:1-13

The Believer's Humble and Confident Submission to the Hand of God. To the chief musician, for performance in the liturgical part of the Tabernacle worship, a psalm of David, written at some time when he was in very great trouble. Luther rightly makes the application when he writes that the psalm is spoken in the person of Christ and His saints, who are plagued during their whole life, internally by trembling and alarm, externally by persecution, slander, and contempt, for the sake of the Word... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Psalms 31:1-24

Psalms 31:0To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David1 In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust;Let me never be ashamed:Deliver me in thy righteousness.2 Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily:Be thou my strong rock, for a house of defenceTo save me.3 For thou art my rock and my fortress;Therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me.4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me:For thou art my strength.5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit:Thou hast... read more

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