Psalms 31:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me. ”

Psalms 31:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bow down thine ear to me - As He does who inclines His ear toward one whom He is willing to hear, or whom He is desirous of hearing. See the notes at Psalms 17:6 . Deliver me speedily - With...
Psalms 31:2 - 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 31:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

ear. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6. deliver . rescue. rock. Hebrew. zur. See note on Psalms 18:1 ; Psalms 18:2 .
Psalms 31:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2. incline thine ear unto me. These words express with how much ardor David’s soul was stimulated to pray. He affects no splendid or ornate language, as rhetoricians are wont to do; but only...
Psalms 31:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me. Bow down thine ear - Listen to my complaint. Put thy ear to my lips, that thou mayest hear a...
Psalms 31:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me. The first strophe. The Psalmist's prayer, with confidence of being heard because of t...
Psalms 31:2 - 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 31:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

My strong rock. — Literally, “Thou art to me for a rock of a stronghold, For a house of fortresses to save me.”
Psalms 31:2 - 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 31:2 - 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 31:2 - 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 31:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The last verse of these five becomes a key to open to us the four preceding. Nothing can be more evident than that the whole must have been written by David, under the spirit of prophecy, in direct r...
Psalms 31:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Bow down thine ear to me ,.... Which is said after the manner of men, who, when they give attention, and listen to anything, stoop, and incline the ear; and this for God to do, as he sometimes does,...
Psalms 31:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me. Ver. 2. Bow down thine ear to me, deliver me ] This repetition of his petition is no vain...
Psalms 31:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Never let me be ashamed Namely, of my confidence in thy promises. Deliver me in thy righteousness By, or for, or according to thy faithfulness and goodness, both which often come under the name o...
Psalms 31:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prayer for Deliverance; Profession of Confidence in God. To the chief musician. A psalm of David. 1 In thee, O L ORD...
Psalms 31:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Deliver me speedily, because of the greatness and urgency of my danger, which is even ready to swallow me up.
Psalms 31:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Bow down your ear to me' Deliver me speedily. Be you to me a strong rock, A house of defence to save me. For you are my rock and my fortress, Therefore for your name's sake lead me and guide me...
Psalms 31:2 - 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 31:2 - 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 31:2 - 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 31:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

In Thee, O Lord, do I put my trust. Man trusting in Jehovah I. Here is man trusting in Jehovah Is great trials. 1. It seems strange that God should allow a man who trusts in Him to become in...
Psalms 31:2 - 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 31:2 - 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 31:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 4:12 ; 1 John 4:15 ; 1 John 4:16 ; 2 Samuel 22:3 ; Deuteronomy 32:31 ; Isaiah 33:16 ; Job 7:21 ; John 6:56 ; Luke 18:8 ; Proverbs 22:17 ; Psalms 102:2 ; Psalms 143:7 ; Psalms 18:1...

Psalms 31:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 31:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 31:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 31:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 31:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 31:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 31:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 31:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 31:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 31:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 31:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 31:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 31:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 31:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 31:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 31:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 31:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 31:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 31:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 31:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 31:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 31:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 31:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 31:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 31:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge