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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 31 - Introduction

* Confidence in God. (1-8) Prayer in trouble. (9-18) Praise for God's goodness. (19-24)

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See also Psalms 31 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    This psalm is addressed to “the chief Musician,” and purports to be a psalm of David. On the meaning of the phrase “To the chief Musician,” see the notes at the title to Psalms 4:1. There can be no do...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Worn out in mind and body, despised, defamed, and persecuted, the Psalmist casts himself upon God. Faith upholds him as he recalls past mercies; despondency overwhelms him as he thinks of his present...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 seat (a-27) Or 'in the company.'...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    XXXI. This psalm is full of tantalising expressions, which raise the expectation of a satisfactory historical basis for its composition, only to disappoint by the obscurity of their allusion. On the o...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 31 TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN, A PSALM OF DAVID. This psalm, according to Arama, was composed by David when in Keilah; but, according to Kimchi and others, when the Ziphites proposed...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A.M. 2962. B.C. 1042._ This Psalm was composed either when David was in great distress, or afterward in remembrance thereof. Bishop Patrick thinks it was written soon after the straits he was reduce...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    This is the Psalm of a man who has suffered deeply for his faith, is facing persecution, and is yet quietly confident in God. He opens the Psalm by committing himself to God for deliverance (Psalms 31...

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