Psalms 31:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Psalms 31:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For I have heard the slander of many - The reproach; the false accusations; the unjust aspersions. We are here more definitely informed as to another of the sources of the trouble that came upon...
Psalms 31:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For I have heard the slander of (i) many: fear [was] on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life. (i) They who were in authority condemned me as a w...
Psalms 31:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

XXXI. Prayer in distress strangely intermingled with such confidence in God that the deliverance seems to be already accomplished. Psalms 31:1-3 a . Recurs with textual variants in Psalms 7...
Psalms 31:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

life-soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
Psalms 31:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. I have heard the slander of many - To this and the two...
Psalms 31:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For I have heard the slander, &c.— For I hear the evil talk of the people: terror on every side: while they consult together against me, and plot to take away my life. This and the preceding...
Psalms 31:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. I have heard the slander ... - ( Psalms 2:2 .) Fr...
Psalms 31:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 ferven...
Psalms 31:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Again comp. Jeremiah 20:10 , which reproduces word for word the first two clauses. The expression rendered “fear on every side” was actually a motto of the prophet ( Jeremiah 6:25 ; Jeremiah 20:3 ,...
Psalms 31:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 31:1-24 THE 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 t...
Psalms 31:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Cry out of Deep Trouble Psalms 31:1-13 Some have supposed that this psalm was written during the Sauline persecutions; but it is more likely that it dates from Absalom's rebellion. It alterna...
Psalms 31:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this great song of trust struggling through tears to triumph, we have a fine example of an experience often repeated in the history of the children of faith. There are three divisions. In the firs...
Psalms 31:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

If the Reader will mark the different expressions here, and turn to the scriptures concerning Christ, he will discover their plain and evident reference to Jesus. David was never so bitterly reproach...
Psalms 31:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 w...
Psalms 31:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 13. For I have heard the slander of many ] Or,...
Psalms 31:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I am forgotten , &c. Whatsoever good service I have done to the king or kingdom, or to any particular persons, which they have sometimes acknowledged and highly commended, is now quite forgotten...
Psalms 31:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Sorrowful Complaints; Humble and Believing Prayer. 9 Have mercy upon me, O L ORD , for I am in trouble: mine eye is con...
Psalms 31:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I have heard, partly with my own ears, and partly by the information of others. The slander of many, who reproach and defame me as a turbulent and seditious person, an enemy to the public peace, a...
Psalms 31:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Because of all my adversaries I am become a reproach, Yes, to my neighbours exceedingly, And a fear to my acquaintance. Those who saw me out of doors fled from me. I am forgotten as a dead man o...
Psalms 31:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION A psalm, in which the psalmist rises by prayer, from trouble, to lively faith and hope in God. The older interpreters founding on the use of the same word in Psalms 31:2-3 (Heb.), and...
Psalms 31:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 31:1 . In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; Can we say as much as that? However else this Psalm of David may end, it strikes a grand key-note, that which should be the first indication of o...
Psalms 31:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 31:5 . Into thine hand I commit my spirit, the words which our Saviour used on the cross, and the words which St. Stephen used the moment before his death, when addressing the Lord Jesus; a...
Psalms 31:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble. The complaints of a sufferer, and the entreaties of a suppliant I. the complaints of a sufferer. 1. His sufferings were mental and severe....
Psalms 31:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS psalm is, in the main, a cry for deliverance out of pressing danger and trouble; but it is interspersed with passages of a more cheerful tone, expressive of faith and confidenc...
Psalms 31:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Believer's Humble and Confident Submission to the Hand of God. To the chief musician, for performance in the liturgical part of the Tabernacle worship, a psalm of David, written at some time w...
Psalms 31:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 19:10-17 ; 1 Samuel 20:33 ; 1 Samuel 22:8-10 ; 1 Samuel 23:19 ; 1 Samuel 23:20 ; 1 Samuel 24:9 ; 2 Samuel 17:1-4 ; Jeremiah 11:19 ; Jeremiah 20:10 ; Jeremiah 20:3 ; Jeremiah 20:4...
Psalms 31:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Fear — Just cause of fear.

Psalms 31:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 31:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 31:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 31:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 31:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 31:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 31:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 31:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 31:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 31:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 31:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 31:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 31:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 31:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 31:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 31:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 31:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 31:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 31:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 31:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 31:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 31:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 31:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 31:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 31:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 31:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 31:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes