Psalms 31:13

Fear — Just cause of fear.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 31:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For I have heard the slander of many - The reproach; the false accusations; the unjust aspersions. We are here more definitely informed as to ano...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

For I have heard the slander of (i) many: fear [was] on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life....
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

life-soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life. I hav...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For I have heard the slander, &c.— For I hear the evil talk of the people: terror on every side: while they consult together against me, and p...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life....
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

This whole verse is closely parallel to Jeremiah 20:10 . Fear was on every side ] cp. Jeremiah 6:25 ; Jeremiah 20:3 mg 10; Jeremiah 46:5 ;...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Again comp. Jeremiah 20:10 , which reproduces word for word the first two clauses. The expression rendered “fear on every side” was actually a motto...
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

If the Reader will mark the different expressions here, and turn to the scriptures concerning Christ, he will discover their plain and evident refere...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For I have heard the slander of many ,.... Both enemies and neighbours; fear [was] on every side ; his enemies were a "Magormissabib" to him, Je...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

For I have heard the slander of many: fear [was] on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life. Ver...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I am forgotten , &c. Whatsoever good service I have done to the king or kingdom, or to any particular persons, which they have sometimes acknowl...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Sorrowful Complaints; Humble and Believing Prayer. 9 Have mercy upon...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I have heard, partly with my own ears, and partly by the information of others. The slander of many, who reproach and defame me as a turbulent and...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Because of all my adversaries I am become a reproach, Yes, to my neighbours exceedingly, And a fear to my acquaintance. Those who saw me out of d...
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

Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble. The complaints of a sufferer, and the entreaties of a suppliant I. the complaints of a suffere...
The Biblical Illustrator

Fear was on every side. The length and the breadth are equal (with Psalms 71:21 ):--Life is circumvented by peril; yet on every side we are pr...
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 I have heard the slander of many, the whispering directed against his person; fear was on every side, terrors all around him; while they took...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 19:10-17 ; 1 Samuel 20:33 ; 1 Samuel 22:8-10 ; 1 Samuel 23:19 ; 1 Samuel 23:20 ; 1 Samuel 24:9 ; 2 Samuel 17:1-4 ; Jeremiah 11:19 ;...

¹³ For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 31:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy 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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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