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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

Psalms 31:24

Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart, strong and valiant of heart they shall be in their trust in Jehovah, all ye that hope in the Lord, confidently waiting for the final manifestation of His glory, a word which applies to the believers of all times. It may often seem as though nothing but darkness surrounded us, but the light of God's countenance is always upon us, the full manifestation of His unchanging love being revealed on the Last Day.

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See also Psalms 31:24 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 31:24. _BE OF GOOD COURAGE, AND HE SHALL STRENGTHEN YOUR_ _HEART_] In 1 Corinthians 16:13, St. Paul says, "Watch ye, stand fast in the faith; quit you like men; be strong:" Γρηγορειτε, σ...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    BE OF GOOD COURAGE - See a similar exhortation at the close of a psalm, in Psalms 27:14. Compare the notes at that verse. As the result of all his own experience of the goodness of God, and of His gra...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 31 The Enemies of Israel and the Victory _ 1. The prayer for deliverance (Psalms 31:1)_ 2. The victory (Psalms 31:19)...

  • 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_ A_. Recurs with textual variants in Psalms 71:1. Psalm...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    HOPE IN. wait for....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Can the author of this serenely joyous thanksgiving be the despised and downcast sufferer of Psalms 31:9? If so, it was surely not at the same moment. An interval has elapsed; his prayer has been answ...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Concluding exhortation to the faithful. Cp. Psalms 30:4; Psalms 27:14; Psalms 32:11. _preserveth the faithful_ Or, _keepeth faithfulness_. Cf. Exodu

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Be strong, and let your heart take courage (R.V.), as in Psalms 27:14. _all ye that hope in the Lord_ Or, _wait for_. The phrase links this Psalm to Psalms 33. See Psalms 31:18;...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 546 THE GODLY ENCOURAGED TO TRUST IN GOD Psalms 31:21. Blessed be the Lord; for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city. For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 31 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Fellowship in Suffering and Salvation. ANALYSIS Stanzas I., and II, Psalms 31:1-8, Suffering, caused chiefly by enemies, some of them Idolatrous, Overcome by Steadfast F...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _BE OF GOOD COURAGE, AND HE SHALL STRENGTHEN YOUR HEART, ALL YE THAT HOPE IN THE LORD._ Be of good courage ... hope in the Lord. The Hebrew, "hope" х_ YAACHAL_ (H3176)], expresses intent waiting for...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    The writer of this Ps. gratefully records God's past deliverances (Psalms 31:1), appeals to God for help against the enemies who assail him in the present (Psalms 31:9), and ends with fervent thankful...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    BE OF GOOD COURAGE. — Cf. Psalms 27:14....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 31:25]_ חִ֭זְקוּ וְ יַאֲמֵ֣ץ לְבַבְכֶ֑ם כָּל...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 31:1 THE swift transitions of feeling in this psalm may seem strange to colder natures whose lives run smoothly, but reveal a brother-soul to those who have known what it is to ride on the top...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    JEHOVAH PRESERVETH THE FAITHFUL Psalms 31:14 What a change ensues in the spirit of our life when we look from men and things to God! Do not look at God through circumstances, but at circumstances thr...

  • 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 children of faith. There are three divisions. In the first...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    PSALM XXXI. (BEATI QUORUM.) The second penitential psalm....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    These words will come home with double strength and recommendation, if we consider them as the words of our adorable Redeemer, dictated by the spirit of prophecy. And who but must love Father, Son, an...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    REFLECTIONS S TAND still, my soul, and make a solemn pause over the perusal of this most precious Psalm. Did David, indeed, by the spirit of prophecy, here describe Christ? Was the Holy Ghost so graci...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    24._Be of good courage. _This exhortation is to be understood in the same way as the preceding; for the steadfastness which the Psalmist here enjoins is founded on the love of God of which he had spok...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Psalms 31 is a proof how Jesus could use devout and holy expressions of a psalm, and indeed pass through all in spirit, without its having a literal application to Him. Here is found the expression He...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BE OF GOOD COURAGE, AND HE SHALL STRENGTHEN YOUR HEART,.... Psalms 27:14; by this instance of God's wonderful kindness to the psalmist, he would have the saints take heart, and be of good cheer, even...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD. Ver. 24. _Be of good courage, &c._] Bear up, be stout, and steadfast in the faith under trials. See Psalms 27:14,...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Be of good courage_ Or, _be strong_, namely, in the Lord, and through confidence in his promises, which will not fail you, as I have found by experience. _And he shall strengthen your heart_ The God...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    19-24 Instead of yielding to impatience or despondency under our troubles, we should turn our thoughts to the goodness of the Lord towards those who fear and trust in Him. All comes to sinners throug...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    BE OF GOOD COURAGE; or, _be strong in the Lord_, and by confidence in his promises, which will not fail you; as I have found by experience....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 31:24 courage H2388 (H8798) strengthen H553 (H8686) heart H3824 hope H3176 (H8764) LORD H3068...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘Oh love YHWH, all you his holy ones, YHWH preserves those who are faithful, And plentifully rewards him who deals arrogantly. Be strong, and let your heart take courage, All you who hope in YHWH....

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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 lifting any weight of sorrow or trouble that may be burd...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: David implores God's help against enemies and extols God for his preservation. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: All our affairs are safe in Jehovah's hands; without reservation therefor...

  • 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 before his death, when addressing the Lord Jesus; and...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord._ THE BELIEVER’S SOURCE OF STRENGTH Many are almost despairing because of their trials and their temptations. Bu...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 31:1. This is a lament seeking God’s help amid persecution (vv. Psalms 31:4,...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 31:19 The God who has made promises and who has kept them in the past will continue to do both. On v. Psalms 31:24, see...

  • The 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 use of the same word in Psalms 31:2 (Heb.), and 1 Sam...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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 more cheerful tone, expressive of faith and confidence (Psalm...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Let's turn now in our Bibles to Psalms 31:1-24. This thirty-first psalm is actually divided into three sections. The first one covering the first eight verses, the second one covering verses Psalms 31...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Peter 1:21; Colossians 1:11; Hebrews 12:12; Hebrews 12:13; Isaia

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