Psalm 31:14-16 ASV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 31:9-18

In the Ps. 31:1-8 David had appealed to God's righteousness, and pleaded his relation to him and dependence on him; here he appeals to his mercy, and pleads the greatness of his own misery, which made his case the proper object of that mercy. Observe, I. The complaint he makes of his trouble and distress (Ps. 31:9): ?Have mercy upon me, O Lord! for I am in trouble, and need thy mercy.? The remembrance he makes of his condition is not much unlike some even of Job's complaints. 1. His troubles... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 31:14

But I trusted in thee, O Lord ,.... His faith revived again under all the discouraging views he had of things, and was exercised upon the Lord; he committed himself to him, believing he was able to help him in his time of trouble, and deliver him; I said, thou art my God ; he claimed his covenant interest in him, and used it as an argument with him to have regard unto him, and as a support to his faith in his present distress; See Gill on Psalm 7:1 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 31:15

My times are in thy hand ,.... And not in the hand of his enemies; as his time of life and death, which was only by the direction and appointment of God, was in his power, and fixed by him; nor could his enemies take away his life before his time, and without the will of his covenant God: the time of his coming to the throne, and what was gone over him during his reign hitherto, 1 Chronicles 29:30 ; and all his times of trouble in it; times of prosperity and of adversity; of darkness,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 31:16

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant ,.... In which he prays for the gracious presence of God, the manifestations of himself unto him, the discoveries of his love, the enjoyment of him in Christ, communion with him, the comforts of his Spirit, and joys of his salvation; see Numbers 6:25 ; save me for thy mercies' sake ; not for any merit and righteousness of his own, but for the sake of the grace and goodness of the Lord; which is putting salvation, whether temporal or spiritual,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 31:14

But I trusted in thee - Hitherto thou hast been my Helper, and thou art my God; I have taken thee for my eternal portion. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 31:15

My times are in thy hand - The events of my life are under thy control. No danger can happen to me without thy foresight; thou seest what is prepared for or meditated against me; thou canst therefore deliver me from mine enemies. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 31:16

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant - Only let me know that thou art reconciled to and pleased with me, and then, come what will, all must be well. Save me for thy mercies' sake - Literally, Save me in thy mercy. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 31:14

Verse 14 14.Yet have I trusted in thee, O Jehovah! The rendering properly is, And I have trusted in thee; but the Hebrew copulative particle ו, vau, and, is used here instead of the adversative particle yet, or nevertheless. David, setting the steadfastness of his faith in opposition to the assaults of the temptations of which he has made mention, denies that he had ever fainted, but rather maintains, on the contrary, that he stood firm in his hope of deliverance from God. Nor does this imply... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 31:15

Verse 15 15.My times are in thy hand. That he might the more cheerfully commit the preservation of his person to God, he assures us, that, trusting to his divine guardianship, he did not trouble himself about those casual and unforeseen events which men commonly dread. The import of his language is, Lord, it is thy prerogative, and thou alone hast the power, to dispose of both my life and my death. Nor does he use the plural number, in my opinion, without reason; but rather to mark the variety... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 31:16

Verse 16 16.Make thy face to shine upon thy servant. We have said formerly, and we shall see in many instances hereafter, that this form of speech is taken from the common apprehension of men, who think that God regards them not, unless he really show his care of them by its effects. According to the judgment of sense, afflictions hide his countenance, just as clouds obscure the brightness of the sun. David therefore supplicates that God, by affording him immediate assistance, would make it... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 31:9-18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 31:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 31:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 31:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 31:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 31:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 31:16

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 31:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 31:15

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 31:16

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