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 heard the slander ... - (Psalms 2:2.) From slander in words, they proceeded to persecution in acts. By reproaches they alienated public sympathy from him, thereby paving the way for impunity in their plot against his life.
Verse Psalms 31:13. _I HAVE HEARD THE SLANDER OF MANY_] To this and the two foregoing verses the reader may find several parallels; Jeremiah 18:18, and ten first verses of Jeremiah 20:1. This has cau...
FOR I HAVE HEARD THE SLANDER OF MANY - The reproach; the false accusations; the unjust aspersions. We are here more definitely informed as to another of the sources of the trouble that came upon him....
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...
LIFE-SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13....
For I have heard the defaming of many, Terror on every side (R.V.). Jeremiah uses these very words to describe his plight (Jeremiah 20:10). _Terror on every side_is a favourite phrase with him (Jere...
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...
FOR I HAVE HEARD THE SLANDER, &C.— _For I hear the evil talk of the people: terror on every side: while they consult together against me, and plot to take away my life._ This and the preceding verses...
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...
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...
This whole verse is closely parallel to Jeremiah 20:10. FEAR _was_ ON EVERY SIDE] cp. Jeremiah 6:25; Jeremiah 20:3 mg 10; Jeremiah
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...
Again comp. Jeremiah 20:10, which reproduces word for word the first two clauses. The expression rendered “fear on every side” was actually a motto of the prophet (Jeremiah 6:25; Jeremiah 20:3, margin...
_[Psalms 31:14]_ כִּ֤י שָׁמַ֨עְתִּי ׀ דִּבַּ֥ת רַבִּים֮ מָגֹ֪ור...
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...
For I have heard the slander of (i) many: fear [was] on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life. (i) They who were in authority condemned me as a wi...
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...
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...
FOR I HAVE HEARD THE SLANDER OF MANY,.... Both enemies and neighbours; FEAR [WAS] ON EVERY SIDE; his enemies were a "Magormissabib" to him, Jeremiah 20:3; encompassed him around, so that he was in f...
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. Ver. 13. _For I have heard the slander of many_] Or, as...
_I am forgotten_, &c. Whatsoever good service I have done to the king or kingdom, or to any particular persons, which they have sometimes acknowledged and highly commended, is now quite forgotten by t...
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...
For I have heard the slander of many, the whispering directed against his person; FEAR WAS ON EVERY SIDE, terrors all around him; WHILE THEY TOOK COUNSEL AGAINST ME, THEY DEVISED TO TAKE AWAY MY LIFE....
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...
I have heard, partly with my own ears, and partly by the information of others. THE SLANDER OF MANY, who reproach and defame me as a turbulent and seditious person, an enemy to the public peace, a con...
Psalms 31:13 hear H8085 (H8804) slander H1681 many H7227 Fear H4032 side H5439 counsel H3245 (H8736) together...
‘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;_ 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...
_Fear was on every side._ THE LENGTH AND THE BREADTH ARE EQUAL (with Psalms 71:21):--Life is circumvented by peril; yet on every side we are promised assurance and safety. I. the hinder side. 1. T...
_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 Samuel 19:10; 1 Samuel 20:33; 1 Samuel 22:8; 1 Samuel 23:19;...
Fear — Just cause of fear....