Psalms 31:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength. ”

Psalms 31:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Pull me out of the net - See the notes at Psalms 9:15 . That they have laid privily for me - That my enemies have laid for me. The phrase “laid privily” refers to the custom of “hiding” or “...
Psalms 31:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Pull me out of the (b) net that they have laid privily for me: for thou [art] my strength. (b) Preserve me from the crafty counsels and subtle practise of my enemies.
Psalms 31:4 - 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 31:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength. Pull me out of the net - They have hemmed me in on every side, and I cannot escape but by miracle.
Psalms 31:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me. Thy name sake ... - or (as the Septuagint, Vulgate, and Arabic), continuing the ground on which the...
Psalms 31:4 - 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 31:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The net. — This image is a common one in the Psalms. (Comp. Psalms 10:9 , &c) Laid privily. — Literally, hidden. Translate still by the future, thou wilt pull me out.
Psalms 31:4 - 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 31:4 - 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 31:4 - 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 31:4 - 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 31:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me ,.... The Ziphites, and Saul, and his men; the former intending treacherously to betray him, and the latter encompassing him about in order...
Psalms 31:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou [art] my strength. Ver. 4. Pull me out of the net ] That noted net, as the Hebrew hath it; Nam Zu denotat rem notam omnibus, s...
Psalms 31:4 - 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 31:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Psalms 31:4 - 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 31:4 - 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 31:4 - 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 31:4 - 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 31:4 - 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 31:4 - 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 31:4 - 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 31:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 12:9 ; 2 Timothy 2:26 ; Proverbs 29:5 ; Psalms 124:7 ; Psalms 140:5 ; Psalms 19:14 ; Psalms 25:15 ; Psalms 35:7 ; Psalms 57:6

Psalms 31:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 31:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 31:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 31:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 31:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 31:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 31:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 31:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 31:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 31:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 31:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 31:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 31:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 31:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 31:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 31:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 31:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 31:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 31:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 31:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 31:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 31:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 31:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge