Psalm 31:24

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 31:1-24

XXXI. Prayer in distress strangely intermingled with such confidence in God that the deliverance seems to be already accomplished. Psalms 31:1-Leviticus : a . Recurs with textual variants in Psalms 71:1-Leviticus :. Psalms 31:5 . The poet commends his spirit to God, that God may preserve it from death. In Luke 22:46 the application is different.— truth: i.e. faithfulness. Psalms 31:15 . The crises of life are in the hands of Yahweh, and Israel has, therefore, no room for such comfort as, ... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 31:24

Be of good courage; or, be strong in the Lord, and by confidence in his promises, which will not fail you; as I have found by experience. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Psalms 31:1-24

INTRODUCTIONA psalm, in which the psalmist rises by prayer, from trouble, to lively faith and hope in God. The older interpreters founding on the use of the same word in Psalms 31:2-3 (Heb.), and 1 Samuel 23:25, for the most part, refer the psalm to the time when David fled from Saul into the wilderness of Maon. Ewald, Hitzig, and others attribute it to Jeremiah, chiefly because of its plaintive character, and from the fact that certain expressions found in this psalm are also found in Jeremiah... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Psalms 31:21-24

DISCOURSE: 546THE GODLY ENCOURAGED TO TRUST IN GODPsalms 31:21-24. Blessed be the Lord; for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city. For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee. O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer. Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.THE... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Psalms 31:24

The Cure for a Weak Heart March 4, 1886 by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892) "Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD." Psalms 31:24 . There is no preaching like that which grows out of our own experience. You perceive, dear friends, that David had trusted in the Lord; in very sore and singular trouble God had delivered him; and at the close of that deliverance he wrote this Psalm, to be sung by the faithful of all time and every clime, and then he gave... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Psalms 31:1-24

Let's turn now in our Bibles to Psalms 31:1-24 . This thirty-first psalm is actually divided into three sections. The first one covering the first eight verses, the second one covering verses Psalms 31:9-18 , and Psalms 31:1-24 : ,the final section from nineteen to the end of the psalm. In the first section of the psalm, with David it is sort of a mixture between trust and trial. In the next section the trial is overcome by the trust. And then in the final section it is the triumph of the... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 31:1-24

Psalms 31:5 . Into thine hand I commit my spirit, the words which our Saviour used on the cross, and the words which St. Stephen used the moment before his death, when addressing the Lord Jesus; and most assuredly all the saints would wish to die with the same sentiments, and uttering the same words. Psalms 31:6 . Lying vanities. The prophets often use the words of Moses, Deuteronomy 32:0., in designating idols by the epithet “vanities,” because the gentiles knew not what they... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 31:24

Psalms 31:24Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.The believer’s source of strengthMany are almost despairing because of their trials and their temptations. But be our circumstances what they may, here is an antidote to them all.I. the promise--“He shall strengthen your heart.” We have duties, many, varied, arduous. Often they are very trying; but this promise is for us. And so in our temptations. These are continually occurring, and we know not... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 31:24

Psa 31:24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD. Ver. 24. Be of good courage, &c. ] Bear up, be stout, and steadfast in the faith under trials. See Psalms 27:14 , with the note. Thus good courage cometh not but from the true love of God, Psalms 31:23 . read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 31:24

Be of: Psalms 27:14, Isaiah 35:3, Isaiah 35:4, Luke 22:31, Luke 22:32, Hebrews 12:12, Hebrews 12:13, James 5:10, James 5:11 shall: Psalms 29:11, Psalms 138:3, Colossians 1:11 all ye: Psalms 146:5, Romans 15:12, Romans 15:13, 1 Peter 1:21 Reciprocal: Psalms 112:8 - heart Lamentations 3:24 - therefore read more

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