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Book of Psalms


Psalm 31

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

King James Version

1 In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
2 Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
3 For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.
4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.
5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
6 I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.

7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
14 But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.
15 My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.
17 Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.
18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
21 Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.
22 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.
23 O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.1

References and notes
1. King James Authorized Version
2. Matthew Henry Bible Commentary - http:// www.eword today.com /comments /psalm/ mh/psalm 31.htm
3. Seventh-day Bible Commentary Vol. 3 pg 704
4. CLARKE'S COMMENTARY - PSALMS 31 - http:// www.god rules.net/ library/ clarke/\ clarke psa31.htm

INSCRIPTION AND AUTHORSHIP

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. It is probable that David penned this psalm when he was persecuted by Saul; some passages in it agree particularly to the narrow escapes he had, at Keilah (1 Sa. 23:13), then in the wilderness of Maon, when Saul marched on one side of the hill and he on the other, and, soon after, in the cave in the wilderness of En-gedi; but that it was penned upon any of those occasions we are not told.2

 

SUBJECT

Psalm 31 is a heartfelt prayer for deliverance from trouble, enlivened by a sincere trust in God's ability to deliver. It is characterised by a galaxy of rich figures describing the distress of the persecuted and the hope that comes in time of trouble. The psalm was a favourite of Huss, Luther, and Melanchthon.3



DIVISION

The psalmist, with strong confidence in God, in a time of distress prays earnestly for deliverance, 1-5.
He expresses his abhorrence of evil, 6;
gratefully mentions former interpositions of God, 7, 8;
continues to detail the miseries of his case, 9-18;
points out the privileges of them that fear God, 19, 20;
shows that God had heard his prayers, notwithstanding he had given himself over for lost, 21, 22;
calls on the saints to love God, and to have confidence in him, because he preserves the faithful, and plentifully rewards the proud doer, 23, 24.4



 

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