Psalms 31:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strongd city. ”

Psalms 31:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Blessed be the Lord - An expression of thanksgiving for the evidence that God had heard him in his troubles, and had answered him. For he hath showed me his marvelous kindness - literally, “H...
Psalms 31:21 - 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 31:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

kindness . lovingkindness, or grace. strong . fortified: which Zion was.
Psalms 31:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

21. Blessed be Jehovah! These general truths the Psalmist here proceeds to apply to his own circumstances, and he declares that the goodness of God in preserving his life was wondrously disp...
Psalms 31:21 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 546 THE GODLY ENCOURAGED TO TRUST IN GOD Psalms 31:21-24 . Blessed be the Lord; for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city. For I said in my haste, I am cut off fr...
Psalms 31:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city. In a strong city - If this Psalm was written by David, this must refer to his taking refuge with achish, king of...
Psalms 31:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

He hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city— Nudge renders it, agreeably to his idea of the author and occasion of the psalm, a besieged city; as that seems to be a scene more adap...
Psalms 31:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city. Strong city. Yahweh Himself, with His almighty protection, is the "strong city" ( Psalms 46:1 ; Psalms 46...
Psalms 31:21 - 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 31:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Shewed me his marvellous kindness... — Better, made his kindness distinguished or manifest, referring to Psalms 31:19 . In a strong city. — Some see a reference to David’s adventures at Zik...
Psalms 31:21 - 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 31:21 - 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 31:21 - 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 31:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here we find again a single person speaking, and, no doubt, by the spirit of prophecy, David spoke of Christ. On the cross Jesus so complained; nevertheless, in that complaint, he spoke his trust in...
Psalms 31:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Blessed [be] the Lord ,.... A form of thanksgiving, in which the psalmist calls upon himself and others to bless and praise the Lord for the singular mercy granted him, expressed in the next clause;...
Psalms 31:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Blessed [be] the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city. Ver. 21. Blessed be the Lord ] This should always be in a Christian's mouth, as Deo gratias was in Austin's...
Psalms 31:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He hath showed me marvellous kindness in a strong city Namely, in Keilah, where God had wonderfully preserved him; of which see 1 Samuel 23:7 . Or, as in a strong city. He hath kept me as safe...
Psalms 31:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Triumphant Praise. 19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou h...
Psalms 31:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To wit, in Keilah; where God wonderfully preserved me; of which see 1 Samuel 23:7 . Others, as in a strong city. He hath kept me as safe in woods and caves, as if I had been in a fenced city.
Psalms 31:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Blessed be YHWH, For he has shown me his marvellous covenant love in a strong city. As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before your eyes, Nevertheless you heard the voice of my suppl...
Psalms 31:21 - 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 31:21 - 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 31:21 - 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 31:21 - 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 31:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Confidence and Triumph of Faith
Psalms 31:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 2:9 ; 1 Samuel 23:7-13 ; Jeremiah 1:18 ; Psalms 118:23 ; Psalms 17:7 ; Psalms 98:1
Psalms 31:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

City — In Keilah: where God wonderfully preserved me.

Psalms 31:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 31:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 31:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 31:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 31:21 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Psalms 31:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 31:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 31:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 31:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 31:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 31:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 31:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 31:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 31:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 31:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 31:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 31:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 31:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 31:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 31:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 31:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 31:21 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 31:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 31:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 31:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 31:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 31:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes