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Psalms 31

Introduction

1  David, shewing his confidence in God, craves his help.
7  He rejoices in his mercy.
9  He prays in his calamity.
19  He praises God for his goodness.
Verse 1

In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
A. M. 2943. B.C. 1061. thee
22:4,5, 25:2, 71:1,2, Isaiah 49:23, Romans 5:5, 10:11
deliver
7:8,9, 43:1, 143:1,11,12, Daniel 9:16
Verse 2

Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
Bow
71:2, 86:1, 130:2, Proverbs 22:17
deliver
40:17, 69:17, 79:1, 102:2, 143:7, Job 7:21, Luke 18:8
my strong rock
Heb. to me for a rock of strength.
18:1,2, 62:7, 94:22, Deuteronomy 32:31, 2 Samuel 22:3
an house
71:3, 90:1, 91:9, Isaiah 33:16, John 6:56, 1 John 4:12,15,16
Verse 3

For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.
for thy
23:2,3, 25:11, 79:9, Joshua 7:9, Jeremiah 14:7, Ezekiel 36:21,22, Ephesians 1:12
lead
25:5,9, 43:3, 139:24, 143:10,11, Nehemiah 9:12,19, Isaiah 49:10, Luke 1:79, John 16:13
Verse 4

Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.
Pull
25:15, 35:7, 57:6, 124:7, 140:5, Proverbs 29:5, 2 Timothy 2:26
my strength
19:14, 2 Corinthians 12:9
Verse 5

Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
Into
Luke 23:46, Acts 7:59, 2 Timothy 1:12
thou
71:23, 130:8, Genesis 48:16, Leviticus 25:48, Isaiah 50:2, Titus 2:14, 1 Peter 1:18,19, Revelation 5:9
God
Deuteronomy 32:4, 2 Timothy 2:13, Titus 1:2, Hebrews 6:18
Verse 6

I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.
hated
26:5, 139:2
lying
24:4, 96:7-9, 1 Chronicles 16:28,29, Jeremiah 10:8,15, John 2:8, Romans 1:21, 1 Corinthians 8:4, 1 Corinthians 10:20
Verse 7

I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
I will
13:5, Isaiah 49:13, Jeremiah 33:11
for
9:13, 25:18, 71:20, 119:153, Nehemiah 9:32, Job 10:9, Lamentations 3:50, 5:1
known
1:6, 142:3, Job 23:10, Isaiah 43:2, 63:9,16, John 10:27-30, 1 Corinthians 8:3, Galatians 4:9, 2 Timothy 2:19
Verse 8

And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
shut me
88:8, Deuteronomy 32:30, 1 Samuel 17:46, 24:18, 26:8, Job 16:11, Isaiah 19:4; *marg:
set
4:1, 18:19, Job 36:16
Verse 9

Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
mine
6:7, 88:9, Job 17:7, Lamentations 4:17, 5:17
my soul
6:1,2, 22:14,15, 38:1-10, 44:25, 73:14,26, 88:3-5, 102:3-5, 107:10, Job 33:19-22
Verse 10

For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
my life
78:33, 88:15, 102:3-28, Job 3:24, Romans 9:2
strength
71:9
bones
32:3,4, 102:3-5
Verse 11

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.
I was
22:6, 69:19,20, 89:50,51, Isaiah 49:7, 53:4,5, Matthew 27:39-44, Romans 15:3, Hebrews 11:36, 13:13, 1 Peter 4:14
especially
38:11, 41:8,9, 88:8,18, Job 19:13,14, Jeremiah 12:6, Micah 7:6, Matthew 10:21,22
a fear
64:8, Job 6:21-23, Matthew 26:56,74, 2 Timothy 4:16
Verse 12

I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
forgotten
88:4,5, Isaiah 38:11,12
a broken vessel
Heb. a vessel that perisheth.
2:9, 119:83, Isaiah 30:14, Romans 9:21,22, Revelation 2:27
Verse 13

For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
I have
55:10, 101:5, 1 Samuel 22:8-10, 24:9, Jeremiah 20:10, Luke 23:1,2,5
fear
56:1-3, 57:4, Jeremiah 6:25, 20:3,4; *marg:; Lamentations 2:22
while
1 Samuel 19:10-17, 20:33, 23:19,20, 2 Samuel 17:1-4, Jeremiah 11:19, Matthew 26:3,4,59, Matthew 27:1
Verse 14

But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.
Thou
16:1,2, 18:2, 22:1,2, 43:5, 56:3,4, 63:1, 71:12,22, Matthew 26:39,42, Matthew 27:46, John 20:17
Verse 15

My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
My times
116:15, 1 Samuel 26:10, 2 Samuel 7:12, Job 24:1, Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, Luke 9:51, John 7:6,30, 12:27, 13:1, 17:1, Acts 1:7, 23:11, 27:24, 2 Timothy 4:6, 2 Peter 1:14
deliver
17:8,9,13, 71:10-12, 142:6, 143:3,12, Jeremiah 15:20,21
Verse 16

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.
Make
4:6, 30:7, 67:1, 80:3,7,19, Numbers 6:25,26, Daniel 9:17
save
6:4, 51:1, 106:45, Daniel 9:9,18, Romans 9:15,23, Ephesians 1:6,7, 2:4-7
Verse 17

Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.
Let me
1, 25:2,3, 34:5, 69:6,7, Isaiah 50:6,7, Joel 2:26,27
wicked
6:10, 35:4,26, 40:14,15, 70:2,3, 71:24, 83:16,17, Isaiah 41:11,12, Isaiah 45:16,17, 65:13,14, Jeremiah 20:11, Daniel 12:2
them
115:17, 1 Samuel 2:9, Matthew 22:12,13
silent in the grave
or, cut off for the grave.
Verse 18

Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
the lying
12:3, 59:12, 63:11, 140:9-11, Proverbs 12:19, Isaiah 54:17, John 8:44, Revelation 21:8, Revelation 22:15
speak
64:3,4, 123:3,4, 1 Samuel 2:3, 2 Chronicles 32:16, Isaiah 37:22-24, Matthew 10:25, 12:24, John 8:48, Acts 25:7
grievous things
Heb. a hard thing.
94:4, Jude 1:15
Verse 19

Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
Oh
36:7-10, 73:1,24-26, 145:7-9, Isaiah 64:4, Lamentations 3:23-25, 1 Corinthians 2:9, 1 John 3:1,2
laid up
16:11, Isaiah 35:10, Colossians 3:2-4, Hebrews 10:34, James 2:5, 1 Peter 1:4,5
wrought
68:28, 126:2,3, Numbers 23:23, Isaiah 26:12, John 3:21, Acts 15:12, 2 Corinthians 5:5
Verse 20

Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
hide
27:5, 32:7, 64:2, 91:1-4
from
10:2, 36:11, 40:4, 86:14, 124:5, 140:5, Exodus 18:11, James 4:6
the strife
64:2-4, 140:3, Job 5:21, Romans 13:13, 2 Corinthians 12:20, Galatians 5:20, 1 Timothy 6:4, James 3:5,6,14-16
Verse 21

Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.
marvellous
17:7, 98:1, 118:23, 1 Peter 2:9
strong city
or, fenced city.
1 Samuel 23:7-13, Jeremiah 1:18
Verse 22

For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
I said
116:11, 1 Samuel 23:26, 27:1
I am
17; *marg:; 88:16, Isaiah 6:5; *marg; 38:10-12, 49:14, Job 35:14, Lamentations 3:54,55, Ezekiel 37:11, Jonah 2:4
nevertheless
6:9, 2 Chronicles 33:11-13, Jonah 2:7-9, Hebrews 5:7
Verse 23

O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
O love
34:9, 97:10, Deuteronomy 10:12, 30:16, Isaiah 56:6, Mark 12:23, 1 Thessalonians 4:1
saints
30:4, 89:7, 97:10, 145:10, Revelation 19:5,6
for the
Deuteronomy 33:3, 1 Samuel 2:9, John 10:27-30, Jude 1:1
plentifully
54:5, 94:2, Revelation 18:6
Verse 24

Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.
Be of
27:14, Isaiah 35:3,4, Luke 22:31,32, Hebrews 12:12,13, James 5:10,11
shall
29:11, 138:3, Colossians 1:11
all ye
146:5, Romans 15:12,13, 1 Peter 1:21

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