1 Peter 2:9; 1 Samuel 23:7-13; Jeremiah 1:18; Psalms 118:23; Psalms 17:7; Psalms 98:1
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...
XXXI. Prayer in distress strangely intermingled with such confidence in God that the deliverance seems to be already accomplished. Psalms 31:1-...
kindness . lovingkindness, or grace. strong . fortified: which Zion was.
21. Blessed be Jehovah! These general truths the Psalmist here proceeds to apply to his own circumstances, and he declares that the goodness...
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 st...
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 mu...
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 bes...
Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city. Strong city. Yahweh Himself, with His almighty protectio...
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...
A strong city] RM 'a fenced city.' A change of figure from the tent of Psalms 31:20 . If literally understood the words might refer to Jeremiah's...
Shewed me his marvellous kindness... — Better, made his kindness distinguished or manifest, referring to Psalms 31:19 . In a strong city. —...
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...
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...
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...
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; never...
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 singula...
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 C...
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 ....
Triumphant Praise. 19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou ha...
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 wood...
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 e...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 b...
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...
Confidence and Triumph of Faith
Blessed be the Lord; for He hath showed me His marvelous kindness, working miracles for the sake of the believer, in a strong city; for the believe...
City — In Keilah: where God wonderfully preserved me.
21 Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strongd city.