Psalm 31:1-5 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 31:1-8

Faith and prayer must go together. He that believes, let his pray?I believe, therefore I have spoken: and he that prays, let him believe, for the prayer of faith is the prevailing prayer. We have both here. I. David, in distress, is very earnest with God in prayer for succour and relief. This eases a burdened spirit, fetches in promised mercies, and wonderfully supports and comforts the soul in the expectation of them. He prays, 1. That God would deliver him (Ps. 31:1), that his life might be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 31:1

In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust ,.... Not in any creature, but in the Lord Jehovah; the Targum, "in thy Word"; the essential Logos, or Word, which was in the beginning with God, and was God, and so an equal object of faith, trust, and confidence, as Jehovah the Father: this act includes a trusting all with God, body and soul, and the welfare of them, in time, and to eternity; and a trusting him for all things, both of providence and grace, and for both grace and glory, and is a continued... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 31:2

Bow down thine ear to me ,.... Which is said after the manner of men, who, when they give attention, and listen to anything, stoop, and incline the ear; and this for God to do, as he sometimes does, is wonderful condescending grace! deliver me speedily ; which shows that he was in great danger, and his case required haste: the Lord does help right early, and is sometimes a present help in time of need, and delivers at once, as soon as the mercy is asked for; be thou my strong rock :... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 31:3

For thou art my rock and my fortress ,.... What he prayed for he knew him to be, and to have been in times past, and could claim his interest in him; and therefore entreats that he would appear to be to him what he was in himself, and what he had been to him; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me ; either as a shepherd does his flock, gently, as they are able to bear it; into the green pastures of the word and ordinances, and beside the still waters of divine love, and to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 31:4

Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me ,.... The Ziphites, and Saul, and his men; the former intending treacherously to betray him, and the latter encompassing him about in order to take him; and such was his danger and difficulty, that he saw none but God could deliver him; and he it is that breaks the nets of men, and the snares of the devil, which they secretly lay for the people of God, that they may stumble, and fall, and be taken, and delivers them out of them; ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 31:5

Into thine hand I commit my spirit ,.... Either his life, as to a faithful Creator and Preserver, who was the God of his life, gave him it, and upheld his soul in it; or his soul, and the eternal salvation of it, which he committed into the hand of the Lord his Redeemer, where he knew it would be safe, and out of whose hands none can pluck; or this he might say, as apprehensive of immediate death, through the danger he was in; and therefore commits his spirit into the hands of God, to whom... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 31:1

In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust - I confide in thee for every good I need: let me not be confounded by not receiving the end of my faith, the supply of my wants, and the salvation of my soul. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 31:2

Bow down thine ear - Listen to my complaint. Put thy ear to my lips, that thou mayest hear all that my feebleness is capable of uttering. We generally put our ear near to the lips of the sick and dying, that we may hear what they say. To this the text appears to allude. Strong rock - Rocks, rocky places, or caves in the rocks, were often strong places in the land of Judea. To such natural fortifications allusions are repeatedly made by the Hebrew poetic writers. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 31:4

Pull me out of the net - They have hemmed me in on every side, and I cannot escape but by miracle. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 31:5

Into thine hand I commit my spirit - These words, as they stand in the Vulgate, were in the highest credit among our ancestors; by whom they were used in all dangers, difficulties, and in the article of death. In manus tuas, Domine, commendo spiritum meum, was used by the sick when about to expire, if they were sensible; and if not, the priest said it in their behalf. In forms of prayer for sick and dying persons, these words were frequently inserted in Latin, though all the rest of the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 31:1-8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 31:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 31:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 31:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 31:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 31:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 31:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 31:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 31:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 31:5

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