Psalms 31:5

I commit&c. Or, as P.B.V. and R.V., I commend my spirit. To God's care he entrusts as a precious deposit the life inbreathed by God Himself (Job 10:12; Job 17:1). The context makes it plain that it is for the preservation of his life that he thus entrusts himself to God; but the further application of the words to the departing spirit is obvious and natural, and it is sanctioned and consecrated by our Lord's use of them on the Cross (Luke 23:46). Cp. the noble words of Wis 3:1; "The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God:" and John 10:28 f.; 2Ti 1:12; 1 Peter 4:19 (noting how a faithful Creatorcorresponds to thou God of truthhere). "The many instances on record, including St Polycarp, St Basil, Epiphanius of Pavia, St Bernard, St Louis, Huss, Columbus, Luther, and Melancthon of Christians using these words at the approach of death, represent how many millions of unrecorded cases!" Kay.

The words, Thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, thou God of truth, give the double ground of this confidence, in his own past experience, and the known character of Jehovah as the God of faithfulness. Redeemedprimarily means deliveredfrom temporal distress (2 Samuel 4:9); but for the Christian the word must bear a deeper significance.