Psalms 31:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room. ”

Psalms 31:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy - Hast not delivered me into his hand, or into his power. See the margin 1 Samuel 17:46 ; 1Sa 24:18 ; 1 Samuel 26:8 . Thou hast set my f...
Psalms 31:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a (e) large room. (e) Largeness signifies comfort, as straitness, sorrow and peril.
Psalms 31:8 - 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 31:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room. Thou hast set my foot in a large room - Many hair-breadth escapes David had for his life; at that time espec...
Psalms 31:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room. And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room. Hast n...
Psalms 31:8 - 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 31:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Shut me up into the hand. — This is the exact phrase used by David ( 1 Samuel 23:11-12 ) in consulting the Divine oracle by the ephod. But this does not prove the authorship, for it was evidently a...
Psalms 31:8 - 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 31:8 - 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 31:8 - 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 31:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Psalms 31:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy ,.... When in Keilah, in the wilderness of Ziph, and Maon, and encompassed about by Saul and his army, 1 Samuel 23:7 ; nor does the Lord suffer hi...
Psalms 31:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room. Ver. 8. Thou hast not shut me up, &c. ] i.e. Not given me into their power. See Psalms 27:12 ....
Psalms 31:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou hast known my soul in adversities Hast not stood aloof from me, and acted toward me as a stranger, but hast loved me, and cared for me. For knowledge often implies affection. And hast not shu...
Psalms 31:8 - 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 31:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; whereof I was in great and imminent danger, if thou hadst not delivered me. See 1 Samuel 23:7 . Thou hast made way for me to escape, when I was...
Psalms 31:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

I will be glad and rejoice in your covenant love, For you have seen my affliction, You have known my soul in adversities, And you have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy, You have set my f...
Psalms 31:8 - 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 31:8 - 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 31:8 - 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 31:8 - 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 31:8 - 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 31:8 - 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 31:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 17:46 ; 1 Samuel 24:18 ; 1 Samuel 26:8 ; Deuteronomy 32:30 ; Isaiah 19:4 ; Job 16:11 ; Job 36:16 ; Psalms 18:19 ; Psalms 4:1 ; Psalms 88:8
Psalms 31:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Room — Made way for me to escape, when I was encompassed by them.

Psalms 31:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 31:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 31:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 31:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 31:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 31:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 31:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 31:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 31:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 31:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 31:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 31:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 31:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 31:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 31:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 31:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 31:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 31:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 31:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 31:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 31:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 31:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 31:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 31:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 31:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes