Psalms 31:3

Related Commentaries of Psalms 31:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For thou art my rock and my fortress - See the notes at Psalms 18:2 . Therefore for thy name’s sake - For the sake of thine own honor, or fo...
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-...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

rock. Hebrew. sela'. Thy name's sake. See note on Psalms 20:1 . lead . Thou wilt gently lead. guide . gently guide. Pull . Thou wilt pu...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3. For thou art my rock. This verse may be read as one sentence, thus: As thou art like a tower for my defense, for thy name’s sake direct a...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.
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...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

For thy name's sake ] see Psalms 23:2 ; Psalms 23:3 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Rock. — As rock in this verse is selâ (LXX. and Vulg., “strength”) instead of tsûr, as in Psalms 31:2 , it is better to render “for thou art m...
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

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...
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

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 b...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For thou [art] my rock and my fortress ,.... What he prayed for he knew him to be, and to have been in times past, and could claim his interest in h...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

For thou [art] my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me. Ver. 3. For thou art my rock and my fortress ] Such p...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Never let me be ashamed Namely, of my confidence in thy promises. Deliver me in thy righteousness By, or for, or according to thy faithfulness an...
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

For thy name's sake; for the glory of thy name, i.e. of thy power, and truth, and mercy to thy miserable servant. Lead me, and guide me; two word...
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, T...
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

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...
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...
The Biblical Illustrator

Be Thou my strong rook,.. . for Thou art my rock, “Be. .. for Thou art” It sounds strange logic, “Be. .. for Thou art,” and yet it is the logi...
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

For Thou art my Rock and my Fortress, it was because David knew this that he prayed so confidently; therefore for Thy name's sake lead me and guide...

³ For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 31:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

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 Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 31:3