Psalm 31:7

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 31:7-8

Psalms 31:7-8. Thou hast known my soul in adversities Hast not stood aloof from me, and acted toward me as a stranger, but hast loved me, and cared for me. For knowledge often implies affection. And hast not shut me up Or, suffered me to be shut up; into the hand Or power; of the enemy Of which I was in great and imminent danger, if thou hadst not delivered me. Thou hast set my foot in a large room Made way for me to escape when I was encompassed by them, and set me at liberty. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 31:1-24

Psalms 31:0 Trust amid apparent hopelessnessIn his distress David is dependent entirely on the merciful goodness of God (1-2). He knows God’s character well enough to be assured that God will save him (3-5). God will bring victory to those who trust in him, and judgment on those who reject him for other gods (6-8).Nevertheless, the psalmist’s faith is at times shaken by the intensity of his sufferings. Physically and spiritually he feels helpless almost to the point of despair (9-10). Enemies... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 31:7

mercy = lovingkindness, or grace. considered = looked upon. my soul = me myself. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13 . read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 31:7

7. hast known my soul, &c.—had regard to me in trouble. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 31:1-24

Psalms 31This lament-thanksgiving psalm grew out of an experience in David’s life in which his foes plotted to kill him. That incident reminded David that the Lord would protect those who trust in Him. He urged others who might encounter similar affliction to love and trust in God as well. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 31:3-8

2. David’s confidence in God’s love 31:3-8The psalmist’s confidence that the Lord would protect him was strong. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 31:7-8

Even though the psalmist had not yet experienced deliverance, he delighted in the loyal love of his God. God had not handed him over to his enemy, so the prospects for the future were encouraging. Even though final deliverance was yet to come, David could praise God as he waited for it since he believed God would be faithful to His promises to help His afflicted. Paul and Silas sang praises to God in the Philippian jail with the same confidence (Acts 16:25). read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 31:1-24

The writer of this Ps. gratefully records God’s past deliverances (Psalms 31:1-8), appeals to God for help against the enemies who assail him in the present (Psalms 31:9-18), and ends with fervent thankfulness and serene assurance (Psalms 31:19-24). The language suggests a later age than David’s, and has many parallels with the book of Jeremiah, the most evident being in the words ’terror on every side’ (Psalms 31:13, Jeremiah 20:10). These parallels are mostly in the central section (Psalms... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 31:1-24

The Large Room Psalms 31:8 To many people these seem strange words to come from the lips of age and experience. It is youth and inexperience that find the world a large room. The writer of those words had left his childhood far behind him. He had entered into manhood's inheritance of duty and responsibility. He had been many a time over-caught in the coil of adverse circumstance; he had sorrowed and suffered and sinned; he had faced temptation and found bitter proof of his own weakness; he had... read more

William Nicoll

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

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