Psalms 31:6

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.

trust in. have fixed my hope on, or confidence in. Hebrew. batah. App-69.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 31:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 refere...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 no...
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-...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 wa...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 p...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
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 th...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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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-so...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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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 childre...
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 compl...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 aug...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I have hated them Not the persons, but the ways of them, that regard Hebrew, השׁמרים, hashomerim, that observe; that is, are attached to, depen...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prayer for Deliverance; Profession of Confidence in God. To the chief music...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I have hated them; their very persons, not simply, but for their wickedness. Compare Psalms 139:21,22 . That regard, Heb. that observe , to w...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 tr...
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 u...
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-no...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. This Psalm was meant to be sung, therefore it was dedicated to the chief musician; yet it is a Psalm of whic...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 31:1 . In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; This is a good beginning; this is the fulcrum which will give us the necessary leverage for lif...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Biblical Illustrator

I have hated them that regard lying vanities, but I trust in the Lord. Trust the antidote of superstitious vanities Many think that superstitio...
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 mor...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

I have hated them that regard lying vanities, those who place their trust in vain idols; but I trust in the Lord, the emphasis being placed on the...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Vanities — Idols, which are often called Vanities, as Deuteronomy 32:21 . Or, curious arts, and all sorts of divinations.

⁶ I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 31:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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