Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 31:16
Manifest thy love and favour to me, by answering my prayers, and saving me from all mine enemies.
Manifest thy love and favour to me, by answering my prayers, and saving me from all mine enemies.
Verse Psalms 31:16. _MAKE THY FACE TO SHINE UPON THY SERVANT_] Only let me know that thou art reconciled to and pleased with me, and then, come what will, all must be well. _SAVE ME FOR THY MERCIES'...
MAKE THY FACE TO SHINE UPON THY SERVANT - That is, show me thy favor, or be kind and merciful to me. See the notes at Psalms 4:6. SAVE ME FOR THY MERCIES’ SAKE - On account of thy mercy; or that thy m...
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...
FACE. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6. FOR THY MERCIES' SAKE. in Thy lovingkindness....
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...
Comp. the paraphrase in P.B.V., _Shew thy servant the light of thy countenance_: and see note on Psalms 4:6. _for thy mercy's sake_ R.V. in thy lovingkindness, as in Psalms 31:7_; Psalms 31:21_....
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...
_MAKE THY FACE TO SHINE UPON THY SERVANT: SAVE ME FOR THY MERCIES' SAKE._ Thy face ... shine ... servant - the Mosaic blessing (Numbers 6:25; cf. Psalms 4:6). The words "thy servant" imply an argumen...
MAKE THY FACE TO SHINE] Smile upon me in Thy favour: see Numbers 6:25....
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...
MAKE THY FACE TO SHINE. — As in Psalms 4:6, an echo of the priestly blessing. (Numbers 6:24.)...
_[Psalms 31:17]_ הָאִ֣ירָה פָ֭נֶיךָ עַל ־עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ הֹ֖ושִׁיעֵ֣נִי
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...
16._Make thy face to shine upon thy servant. _We have said formerly, and we shall see in many instances hereafter, that this form of speech is taken from the common apprehension of men, who think that...
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...
MAKE THY FACE TO SHINE UPON THY SERVANT,.... In which he prays for the gracious presence of God, the manifestations of himself unto him, the discoveries of his love, the enjoyment of him in Christ, co...
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake. Ver. 16. _Make thy face to shine, &c._] Which by reason of the clouds of affliction clustering about me, I cannot for present p...
_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...
Make Thy face to shine upon Thy servant, in merciful kindness; SAVE ME FOR THY MERCIES' SAKE, all merit on the part of the believer being disowned....
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...
Psalms 31:16 face H6440 shine H215 (H8685) servant H5650 Save H3467 (H8685) mercies H2617 Make -...
Make your face to shine on your servant, Save me in your covenant love. Let me not be put to shame, O YHWH, For I have called on you, Let the wicked be put to shame, Let them be silent in Sheol....
Psalms 31:16 I. The smile of God has its moving cause in the infinite heart of God. II. The smile of God comes from His heart, and thus from His love and His blessedness. III. The smile of God is es...
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,...
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...
Daniel 9:17; Daniel 9:18; Daniel 9:9; Ephesians 1:6; Ephesians 1:7;...