“ I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD. ”
I have hated them that regard lying vanities - This is evidently stated as a reason for the prayer offered in the previous verses. It is a reference by the psalmist to his own past life; to his g...
I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I (d) trust in the LORD. (d) This affection should be in all God's children to hate whatever is not grounded on a sure trust in God, as deceitful an...
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...
I have hated. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "Thou hatest". lying vanities . idols. See Jeremiah 8:19 ; Jeremiah 10:8 . Compare 1 John 2:8 ; 1 John 2:8 ....
6. I hate all that give heed to lying vanities. In order the better to express that his faith was firmly fixed on God, he affirms that he was free from the vile affections which usually turn...
I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD. I have hated them - That is, I have abominated their ways. Idolaters are the persons of whom David speaks. I trust in the Lord...
I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD. Lying vanities - the idols, literal or spiritual, in which the worldly trust, and which prove lying vanities, disappoint...
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...
Lying vanities. — Literally, breath of lies ( Jonah 2:8 ), undoubtedly idols, as the parallelism in Jeremiah 8:19 shows. It was the term adopted by the Deuteronomist ( Deuteronomy 32:21 ) and...
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...
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...
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...
Some of the sweetest views of our Lord, considered as our Redeemer and Surety, are those which represent the unequalled humility of Christ when completing salvation. As the servant of Jehovah, how fr...
I have hated them that regard lying vanities ,.... Soothsaying and divination, as Aben Ezra and others think; made use of by kings, and generals of armies, to know when it was proper to go out to wa...
I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD. Ver. 6. I have hated them that regard lying vanities ] i.e. Idols, or aught else besides the living God, who giveth us all...
I have hated them Not the persons, but the ways of them, that regard Hebrew, השׁמרים, hashomerim, that observe; that is, are attached to, depend upon, or expect help from, lying vanities , הבל...
Prayer for Deliverance; Profession of Confidence in God. To the chief musician. A psalm of David. 1 In thee, O L ORD...
I have hated them; their very persons, not simply, but for their wickedness. Compare Psalms 139:21,22 . That regard, Heb. that observe , to wit, with respect to them, dependence upon them, or...
Into your hand I commend my spirit, You have redeemed me, O YHWH, you God of truth. I hate those who regard lying vanities (false idols), But I trust in YHWH. With that in mind he commends his sp...
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 31:1 . 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 31:5 . 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...
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...
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...
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...
1 Chronicles 16:28 ; 1 Chronicles 16:29 ; 1 Corinthians 10:20 ; 1 Corinthians 8:4 ; Jeremiah 10:15 ; Jeremiah 10:8 ; John 2:8 ; Psalms 139:2 ; Psalms 24:4 ; Psalms 26:5 ; Psalms 96:7-9 ;...
Vanities — Idols, which are often called Vanities, as Deuteronomy 32:21 . Or, curious arts, and all sorts of divinations.