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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 31:13

For I have heard the slander of many ,.... Both enemies and neighbours; fear was on every side ; his enemies were a "Magormissabib" to him, Jeremiah 20:3 ; encompassed him around, so that he was in fear from every quarter; while they took counsel together against me ; how to apprehend him, and what to do with him; they devised to take away my life ; nothing short of that would satisfy; but life is in the hand of God; men may devise, but God disappoints, and his counsel... 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 31:13

I have heard the slander of many - To this and the two foregoing verses the reader may find several parallels; Jeremiah 18:18 ; to the end of Jeremiah 19:1-15 ., and ten first verses of chapter 20: This has caused several to suppose that Jeremiah was the author of this Psalm. 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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 31:13

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 31:13

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

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