Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 31:22
Haste — When my passion took away my consideration, and weakened my faith. Cut off — Cast out of thy sight, and out of the care of thy gracious providence.
Haste — When my passion took away my consideration, and weakened my faith. Cut off — Cast out of thy sight, and out of the care of thy gracious providence.
Verse Psalms 31:22. _I SAID IN MY HASTE_] Not duly adverting to the promise of God, I was led to conclude that my enemies were so strong, so numerous, and had so many advantages against me, that I mus...
FOR I SAID IN MY HASTE - In my fear; my apprehension. The word rendered “haste” means properly that terror or alarm which causes one to flee, or to endeavor to escape. It is not “haste” in the sense o...
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...
EYES. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6....
Can the author of this serenely joyous thanksgiving be the despised and downcast sufferer of Psalms 31:9? If so, it was surely not at the same moment. An interval has elapsed; his prayer has been answ...
Thanksgiving: but is it for deliverance anticipated by faith or for deliverance already experienced? Surely the latter....
_For I said_&c. But as for me, I said In my haste (or, _alarm_). Humbly he confesses his want of faith in the hour of trial, when he thought himself out of God's sight, and contrasts it with God's goo...
DISCOURSE: 546 THE GODLY ENCOURAGED TO TRUST IN GOD Psalms 31:21. Blessed be the Lord; for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city. For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before...
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...
_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._ The conclusion recapitulates David's experience, with a...
31:22 haste, (e-8) Or 'agitation,' 'terror,' 'alarm.'...
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...
HASTE] RM 'alarm.' Fear is rebuked by God's answer to prayer....
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...
IN MY HASTE... — Literally, _in my fleeing away in fear._ Jerome, Aquila, and Symmachus, “in my confusion.”...
_[Psalms 31:23]_ וַ אֲנִ֤י ׀ אָ֘מַ֤רְתִּי בְ חָפְזִ֗י...
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...
Here we find again a single person speaking, and, no doubt, by the spirit of prophecy, David spoke of Christ. On the cross Jesus so complained; nevertheless, in that complaint, he spoke his trust in t...
22._And I said in my fear. _David here confesses that for his distrust he deserved to be deserted by God and left to perish. It is true that to confess this before men he felt to be a shameful thing;...
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 SAID IN MY HASTE,.... When he made haste to get away for fear of Saul, 1 Samuel 23:26; and so the Targum renders it, "I said when I sought to flee away"; or else he said this hastily and rashly,...
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. Ver. 22. _For I said in my haste, I am cut off, &c._] A f...
_He hath showed me marvellous kindness in a strong city _ Namely, in Keilah, where God had wonderfully preserved him; of which see 1 Samuel 23:7. Or, _as in a strong city._ He hath kept me as safe in...
For I said in my haste, while he was confused and as in a stupor from surprise, I AM CUT OFF FROM BEFORE THINE EYES, he had for a moment believed himself forsaken by God; NEVERTHELESS, THOU HEARDEST T...
CONFIDENCE AND TRIUMPH OF FAITH...
19-24 Instead of yielding to impatience or despondency under our troubles, we should turn our thoughts to the goodness of the Lord towards those who fear and trust in Him. All comes to sinners throug...
IN MY HASTE, i.e. in my hasty flight from Saul, when he and his men had almost encompassed me, 1 SAMUEL 23:26, which happened presently after his deliverance in and from the strong city of Keilah. Or,...
Psalms 31:22 said H559 (H8804) haste H2648 (H8800) off H1629 (H8738) before H5048 eyes H5869 Nevertheless...
Blessed be YHWH, For he has shown me his marvellous covenant love in a strong city. As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before your eyes, Nevertheless you heard the voice of my suppli...
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...
_For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before Thine eyes: nevertheless Thou heartiest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto Thee._ CONSOLATION FOR THE DESPAIRING I am as a watcher on th...
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 31:19 The God who has made promises and who has kept them in the past will continue to do both. On v. Psalms 31:24, see...
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 23:26; 1 Samuel 27:1; 2 Chronicles 33:11; Ezekiel 37:11;...