Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 31:7
Thou hast known, i.e. loved me, and cared for me; for words of knowledge commonly imply affection.
Thou hast known, i.e. loved me, and cared for me; for words of knowledge commonly imply affection.
Verse Psalms 31:7. _THOU HAST KNOWN MY SOUL IN ADVERSITIES_] When all forsook me; when none could help me; when I could not save my own life; when my enemies were sure that I could not escape; then I...
I WILL BE GLAD AND REJOICE IN THY MERCY - I will triumph and joy in thy mercy; that is, in the mercy which he had already experienced, and in that which he still hoped to enjoy. He had had abundant pr...
Psalms 31 The Enemies of Israel and the Victory _ 1. The prayer for deliverance (Psalms 31:1)_ 2. The victory (Psalms 31:19)...
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...
MERCY. lovingkindness, or grace. CONSIDERED. looked upon. MY SOUL. me myself. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13....
The prayer of faith, Psalms 31:1 are repeated in that beautiful mosaic, Psalms 71; and Psalms 31:1 _a_forms the close of the _Te Deum_....
Let me be glad and rejoice in thy lovingkindness: For thou hast seen my affliction; Thou hast taken knowledge of the distresses of my soul. An entreaty, based upon past experience. Here, and in Psa...
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...
_I WILL BE GLAD AND REJOICE IN THY MERCY: FOR THOU HAST CONSIDERED MY TROUBLE; THOU HAST KNOWN MY SOUL IN ADVERSITIES;_ I will ... rejoice in thy mercy. With the eye of faith he SEES God already havi...
CONSIDERED (RV 'seen').. KNOWN] with sympathy, followed by succour....
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...
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...
_[Psalms 31:8]_ אָגִ֥ילָה וְ אֶשְׂמְחָ֗ה בְּ חַ֫סְדֶּ֥ךָ...
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...
A CRY OUT OF DEEP TROUBLE Psalms 31:1 Some have supposed that this psalm was written during the Sauline persecutions; but it is more likely that it dates from Absalom's rebellion. It alternates betwe...
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...
_Refuge. Hebrew, "hiding," (Psalm xxx. 21.; Haydock) or asylum. (Calmet) --- Which. Hebrew, "thou shalt surround me with songs of deliverance. Sela." Or "my praise saving, thou wilt environ me always....
Some of the sweetest views of our Lord, considered as our Redeemer and Surety, are those which represent the unequalled humility of Christ when completing salvation. As the servant of Jehovah, how fre...
7._I will be glad and rejoice in thy goodness. _Here is inserted a thanksgiving, although many are rather of opinion that David’s prayer is suspended, and that he makes a vow, when he shall be deliver...
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...
I WILL BE GLAD, AND REJOICE IN THY MERCY,.... Both because of the nature of it, which is large and abundant, free and sovereign, from everlasting to everlasting, and is communicated in and through Chr...
I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities; Ver. 7. _I will be glad and rejoice_] In the midst of trouble faith will find mat...
_Thou hast known my soul in adversities_ Hast not stood aloof from me, and acted toward me as a stranger, but hast loved me, and cared for me. For knowledge often implies affection. _And hast not shut...
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 worship, a psalm of David, written at some time when...
I will be glad and rejoice in Thy mercy, with exultant joy over God's act of grace upon him; FOR THOU HAST CONSIDERED MY TROUBLE, regarding it for the sake of relieving the sufferer; THOU HAST KNOWN M...
1-8 Faith and prayer must go together, for the prayer of faith is the prevailing prayer. David gave up his soul in a special manner to God. And with the words, ver. 5, our Lord Jesus yielded up his l...
Psalms 31:7 glad H1523 (H8799) rejoice H8055 (H8799) mercy H2617 considered H7200 (H8804) trouble H6040 known...
I will be glad and rejoice in your covenant love, For you have seen my affliction, You have known my soul in adversities, And you have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy, You have set my fe...
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...
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 which at least half is very sorrowful. All our hymns we...
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-note, that which should be the first indication of our...
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...
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...
_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 should allow a man who trusts in Him to become involve...
_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 logic of prayer, and goes very deep, pointing out both it...
_I will be glad and rejoice in Thy mercy, for Thou hast considered my trouble._ DIVINE CHASTISEMENTS I. That the souls of all God’s people must have their day of adversity, This, indeed, follows from...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 31:1. This is a lament seeking God’s help amid persecution (vv. Psalms 31:4,...
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...
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 8:3; 2 Timothy 2:19; Galatians 4:9; Isaiah 43:2;...
Known — Loved me, and cared for me....