Psalms 31:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me. ”

Psalms 31:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

My times are in thy hand - That is, I said this in my trouble; when my friends forsook me, and when my enemies came around me and threatened my life. The meaning is, that all that pertained to hi...
Psalms 31:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

My (l) times [are] in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me. (l) Whatever changes come, you govern them by your providence.
Psalms 31:15 - 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 31:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

times. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for what is done in them. all my affairs.
Psalms 31:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 him...
Psalms 31:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me. My times are in thy hand - The events of my life are under thy control. No danger can happen to...
Psalms 31:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

My times— עתתי ittotai, are those critical times of danger, when life is reduced to turn upon a point.
Psalms 31:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me. My times ... thy hand. Compare on "my times," 1 Chronicles 29:30 ; Daniel 2:21 . Christ,...
Psalms 31:15 - 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 31:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

My times are in thy hand — i.e. , the vicissitudes of human life (LXX. and Vulg. have “my destinies”) are under Divine control, so that the machinations of the foe cannot prevail against one whom...
Psalms 31:15 - 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 31:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jehovah Preserveth the Faithful Psalms 31:14-24 What a change ensues in the spirit of our life when we look from men and things to God! Do not look at God through circumstances, but at circumst...
Psalms 31:15 - 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 31:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Nothing can be more lovely, as a token of the unequalled humility of Christ, than the very frequent mention he makes of being the servant of Jehovah. And nothing can be more highly satisfactory to hi...
Psalms 31:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 co...
Psalms 31:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

My times [are] in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me. Ver. 15. My times are in thy hand ] Both the time of my abode on earth and all those various...
Psalms 31:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I said, Thou art my God Mine by paternal relation, and care, and affection, and by thy promise, or covenant, made with me. My times are in thy hand The time of my life, how long I shall live; or,...
Psalms 31:15 - 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 31:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

My times; either, 1. The time of my life, how long I shall live. Or, 2. My opportunities or fit seasons for working out my deliverance. Or rather, 3. All the affairs and events of my life ; fo...
Psalms 31:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘But I trusted in you, O YHWH, I said, You are my God. My times are in your hand, Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from those who persecute me. But in spite of all his troubles he is...
Psalms 31:15 - 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 31:15 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 31:15 I. Our times are in God's hand in this sense, that He alone has chosen for us the period of the world in which we should live. Feeling that God has placed us in this age that we may m...
Psalms 31:15 - 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 31:15 - 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 31:15 - 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 31:15 - 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 31:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Confidence and Triumph of Faith
Psalms 31:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 26:10 ; 2 Peter 1:14 ; 2 Samuel 7:12 ; 2 Timothy 4:6 ; Acts 1:7 ; Acts 23:11 ; Acts 27:24 ; Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 ; Jeremiah 15:20 ; Jeremiah 15:21 ; Job 24:1 ; John 12:27 ; John 1...
Psalms 31:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

My times — All the affairs and events of my life, are wholly in thy power.

Psalms 31:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 31:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 31:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 31:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

Psalms 31:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 31:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 31:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 31:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 31:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 31:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 31:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 31:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 31:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 31:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 31:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 31:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 31:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 31:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 31:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 31:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 31:15 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 31:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 31:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 31:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 31:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 31:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 31:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 31:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes