Psalms 31:12

I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel. I am forgotten as a dead man - I am considered as a person adjudged to death. I am like a broken vessel-like a thing totally useless.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 31:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind - Like the man who is dead, and who has passed away from the recollection of mankind. Compare Psalms 88...
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

am . became. broken: or missing.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

12. I am forgotten as one dead. The Psalmist still pursues the same idea, and complains that he was as completely blotted out of all men’s r...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel. forgotten ... out of mind. So Deuteronomy 31:21 , "forgotten out of the...
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

A broken vessel ] a thing altogether neglected.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Broken vessel. — A favourite image with Jeremiah ( Jeremiah 19:11 ; Jeremiah 22:28 ; Jeremiah 25:34 ; Jeremiah 48:38 ), but not peculiar to him...
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

I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind ,.... Either by his friends, being out of sight, out of mind; as even the nearest relations and acquaintanc...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel. Ver. 12. I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind ] How soon dead men are for...
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

Whatsoever good service I have done to the king, or kingdom, or to any particular persons, neighbours, friends, or others, which sometimes they have...
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

I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind. Buried alive This title would suggest to many, terrible ideas of an awful physical calamity, such as...
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 am forgotten as a dead man out of mind, consigned to oblivion by men, out of sight, out of mind; I am like a broken vessel, one that is perishing...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 30:14 ; Isaiah 38:11 ; Isaiah 38:12 ; Psalms 119:83 ; Psalms 2:9 ; Psalms 88:4 ; Psalms 88:5 ; Revelation 2:27 ; Romans 9:21 ; Roman...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A broken vessel — Which is irreparable, and useless, and therefore despised by all.

¹² I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a brokena vessel.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 31:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary 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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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