Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 31:15
My (l) times [are] in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
(l) Whatever changes come, you govern them by your providence.
My (l) times [are] in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
(l) Whatever changes come, you govern them by your providence.
Verse Psalms 31:15. _MY TIMES_ ARE _IN THY HAND_] The events of my life are under thy control. No danger can happen to me without thy foresight; thou seest what is prepared for or meditated against me...
MY TIMES ARE IN THY HAND - That is, I said this in my trouble; when my friends forsook me, and when my enemies came around me and threatened my life. The meaning is, that all that pertained to him 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...
TIMES. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for what is done in them. all my affairs....
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...
_My times_&c. Cp. 1 Chronicles 29:30. The vicissitudes of my life are all under Thy control....
MY TIMES— עתתי _ittotai,_ are those critical times of danger, when life is reduced to turn upon a point....
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...
_MY TIMES ARE IN THY HAND: DELIVER ME FROM THE HAND OF MINE ENEMIES, AND FROM THEM THAT PERSECUTE ME._ My times ... thy hand. Compare on "my times," 1 Chronicles 29:30; Daniel 2:21. Christ, the great...
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...
MY TIMES] all the occasions of my life....
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...
MY TIMES ARE IN THY HAND — _i.e._, the vicissitudes of human life (LXX. and Vulg. have “my destinies”) are under Divine control, so that the machinations of the foe cannot prevail against one whom God...
_[Psalms 31:16]_ בְּ יָדְךָ֥ עִתֹּתָ֑י הַצִּ֘ילֵ֤נִי מִ...
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...
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...
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...
Nothing can be more lovely, as a token of the unequalled humility of Christ, than the very frequent mention he makes of being the servant of Jehovah. And nothing can be more highly satisfactory to his...
15._My times are in thy hand. _That he might the more cheerfully commit the preservation of his person to God, he assures us, that, trusting to his divine guardianship, he did not trouble himself abou...
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...
MY TIMES [ARE] IN THY HAND,.... And not in the hand of his enemies; as his time of life and death, which was only by the direction and appointment of God, was in his power, and fixed by him; nor could...
My times [are] in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me. Ver. 15. _My times are in thy hand_] Both the time of my abode on earth and all those various oc...
_I said, Thou art my God_ Mine by paternal relation, and care, and affection, and by thy promise, or covenant, made with me. _My times are in thy hand_ The time of my life, how long I shall live; or,...
CONFIDENCE AND TRIUMPH OF FAITH...
My times, the entire course of the believer's life, ARE IN THY HAND, not subject to blind fate, but to the gracious will of the heavenly Father. DELIVER ME FROM THE HAND OF MINE ENEMIES, always stretc...
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...
MY TIMES; either, 1. The time of my life, how long I shall live. Or, 2. My opportunities or fit seasons for working out my deliverance. Or rather, 3. _All the affairs and events of my life_; for time...
Psalms 31:15 times H6256 hand H3027 Deliver H5337 (H8685) hand H3027 enemies H341 (H8802) persecute H7291 ...
‘But I trusted in you, O YHWH, I said, You are my God. My times are in your hand, Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from those who persecute me. But in spite of all his troubles he is tr...
Psalms 31:15 I. Our times are in God's hand in this sense, that He alone has chosen for us the period of the world in which we should live. Feeling that God has placed us in this age that we may make...
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...
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;_ 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...
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...
_My times are in Thy hand._ AFFIANCE There is nothing which more distinguishes the Christian from the ungodly man than the temper with which the experiences and possibilities of life are regarded. Th...
_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,...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 31:14 David’s TRUST in the Lord during the present distress is based on his experiences as reported in vv. Psalms 31:3 and also on the promises o
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 Samuel 26:10; 2 Peter 1:14; 2 Samuel 7:12; 2 Timothy 4:6; Acts 1:7;...
My times — All the affairs and events of my life, are wholly in thy power....