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Psalms 31:19-24

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 Psalms 27:14.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 31:19. _O HOW GREAT_ IS _THY GOODNESS_] God's goodness is infinite; there is enough for _all_. enough for _each_, enough for _evermore_. It is laid up where neither devils nor men can re...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    OH HOW GREAT IS THY GOODNESS - That is, in view of the divine protection and favor in such cases, or when thus assailed. The psalmist seems to have felt that it was an inexpressible privilege thus to...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 31 The Enemies of Israel and the Victory _ 1. The prayer for deliverance (Psalms 31:1)_ 2. The victory (Psalms 31:19)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    TRUST. put their trust. Same word as Psalms 31:1. MEN. Hebrew. _'adam._...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    God's goodness to those who fear Him is like an inexhaustible treasure stored up, and at the proper time brought out and used for _them that take refuge_(as Psalms 31:1) in Him; and this publicly in t...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THY GOODNESS, WHICH THOU HAST LAID UP, &C.— _Which thou treasurest up for those who fear thee; which thou providest for those who make thee their refuge, before the sons of men._ Mudge and Green. The...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _OH HOW GREAT IS THY GOODNESS, WHICH THOU HAST LAID UP FOR THEM THAT FEAR THEE; WHICH THOU HAST WROUGHT FOR THEM THAT TRUST IN THEE BEFORE THE SONS OF MEN!_ The third division. The assurance of the L...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    WROUGHT.. BEFORE THE SONS OF MEN] i.e. openly....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    LAID UP. — Better, _hidden,_ (_Heb. tsaphan;_ comp. Psalms 17:14; Obadiah 1:6), as a treasure for the faithful, and now brought out and displayed in the presence “of the sons of men.”...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 31:20]_ מָ֤ה רַֽב ־טוּבְךָ֮ אֲשֶׁר ־צָפַ֪נְתָּ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    These words seem to speak the security of the church, in the chambers of the everlasting covenant, into which she is invited to enter in times of trouble. There is laid up, and there will be brought f...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    19._O how great is thy goodness which thou hast hidden for them that fear thee! _In this verse the Psalmist exclaims that God is incomprehensibly good and beneficent towards his servants. _Goodness _h...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    [O] HOW GREAT [IS] THY GOODNESS,.... Not the natural and essential goodness of God; for though that is large and abundant, yea, infinite, as every perfection of his is, yet it cannot with propriety be...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Psalms 31:19 [Oh] how great [is] thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; [which] thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men! Ver. 19. _Oh how great is...

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

    _O, how great is thy goodness_ No words can express the greatness of thy love and blessings; _which thou hast laid up_ Hebrew, צפנת, _tzapanta, hast hid_, namely, with thyself, or in thy own breast. T...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Oh, how great is Thy goodness which Thou hast laid up, as a precious treasure, FOR THEM THAT FEAR THEE; WHICH THOU HAST WROUGHT FOR THEM THAT TRUST IN THEE BEFORE THE SONS OF MEN! The love of God is m...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    CONFIDENCE AND TRIUMPH OF FAITH...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    HOW GREAT IS THY GOODNESS! no words can express the greatness of thy love and blessings. Laid up, or hidden, to wit, with thyself, or in thy own breast. The word is very emphatical, and removes an obj...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 31:19 great H7227 goodness H2898 up H6845 (H8804) fear H3373 prepared H6466 (H8804) trust H2620 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘Oh how great is your goodness, Which you have laid up for those who fear you, Which you have wrought for those who take refuge in you, Before the sons of men!' In the covert of your presence will...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    FEAR (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Psalms 31:19 This text is the expression of a Divine law, the law of God's wise reserve in dispensing His favours. I. There are certain great blessings of God which no man is able to receive at once...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _O how great is Thy goodness which Thou hast laid up for them that fear Thee; which Thou hast wrought for them that trust in Thee before the sons of men._ OF HEARING GOD AND TRUSTING IN HIM I. expla...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 2:9; 1 John 3:1; 1 John 3:2; 1 Peter 1:4; 1 Peter 1:5;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Laid up — His favour is not always manifested, to them, but it is laid up for them in his treasure, whence it shall be drawn forth when they need it, and he sees it fit. Before — Publickly and in the...

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