Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 31:11
A fear — They were afraid to give me any countenance or assistance. Fled — To prevent their own danger and ruin.
A fear — They were afraid to give me any countenance or assistance. Fled — To prevent their own danger and ruin.
Verse Psalms 31:11. _I WAS A REPROACH_] When proscribed at the court of Saul, my _enemies_ triumphed, and loaded me with execrations; my _neighbours_ considered me as a dangerous man, now deservedly...
I WAS A REPROACH AMONG ALL MINE ENEMIES - That is, he was subjected to their reproaches, or was calumniated and reviled by them. See the notes at Psalms 22:6. BUT ESPECIALLY AMONG MY NEIGHBORS - I was...
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...
REPROACH. derision. MY NEIGHBOURS. Compare 2 Samuel 6:16; 2 Samuel 6:20....
The tone of the Psalm changes. The recollection of past mercies brings present suffering into sharper relief. "A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier things." This part of the Psalm reminds...
Because of all mine adversaries I am become a reproach, Yea, unto my neighbours exceedingly. (R.V.) The original is as awkward as the translation, and we should probably connect _because of all mine...
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 WAS A REPROACH AMONG ALL MINE ENEMIES, BUT ESPECIALLY AMONG MY NEIGHBOURS, AND A FEAR TO MINE ACQUAINTANCE: THEY THAT DID SEE ME WITHOUT FLED FROM ME._ A reproach among (Hebrew, _ MIN_ (H4480), fr...
31:11 all (b-4) Or 'Because of all.'...
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...
Cp. Jeremiah 20:7; Jeremiah 20:8....
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...
The adverb rendered _especially_ seems out of place. It is therefore better to take it as a noun, in the sense of burden, a sense etymologically probable. “Because of all mine oppressors I have becom...
_[Psalms 31:12]_ מִ כָּל ־צֹרְרַ֨י הָיִ֪יתִי חֶרְפָּ֡ה...
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...
I was a (g) reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me. (g) My enemies had drawn all men to their...
_Glory, which is lawful when God is the object, 1 Corinthians i. 31. My glory I will not give to another, Isaias xlii. 8. (Calmet) --- Hebrew, "praise him." (St. Jerome) (Haydock) --- Joy is the end o...
If the Reader will mark the different expressions here, and turn to the scriptures concerning Christ, he will discover their plain and evident reference to Jesus. David was never so bitterly reproache...
11._I was a reproach by reason of all mine enemies. _Others translate thus -_more than mine enemies, _and as the Hebrew letter מ _, mem, _is often used as a sign of comparison, they interpret this cla...
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 WAS A REPROACH AMONG ALL MINE ENEMIES,.... This is a common case of the people of God; and though it may be the least of their afflictions, yet it is not grateful to the flesh; and it is as it is ma...
I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me. Ver. 11. _I was a reproach among all mine enem...
_I was a reproach among all mine enemies_ That is, the subject of their reproaches and scoffs. “This,” said they, “is David, anointed to be king of Israel, a goodly monarch indeed! forsaken by God and...
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 was a reproach among all mine enemies, rather, "Because of all mine adversaries I have become a reproach," on account of their continual nagging and jeering, BUT ESPECIALLY AMONG MY NEIGHBORS, AND A...
9-18 David's troubles made him a man of sorrows. Herein he was a type of Christ, who was acquainted with grief. David acknowledged that his afflictions were merited by his own sins, but Christ suffer...
A reproach, i.e. the matter of their reproaches and scorns. This, said they, is David, anointed to be king of Israel, a goodly monarch indeed, forsaken by God and men, and in a perishing and desperate...
Psalms 31:11 reproach H2781 enemies H6887 (H8802) especially H3966 neighbors H7934 repulsive H6343 acquaintances H3045 ...
‘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 doors fled from me. I am forgotten as a dead man ou...
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...
_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 sufferer. 1. His sufferings were mental and severe. 2. His...
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 Peter 4:14; 2 Timothy 4:16; Hebrews 11:36; Hebrews 13:13; Isaiah 4