Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Psalms 31:2
My strong rock. — Literally,
“Thou art to me for a rock of a stronghold,
For a house of fortresses to save me.”
My strong rock. — Literally,
“Thou art to me for a rock of a stronghold,
For a house of fortresses to save me.”
Verse Psalms 31:2. _BOW DOWN THINE EAR_] Listen to my complaint. Put thy ear to my lips, that thou mayest hear all that my _feebleness_ is capable of uttering. We generally put our ear near to the lip...
BOW DOWN THINE EAR TO ME - As He does who inclines His ear toward one whom He is willing to hear, or whom He is desirous of hearing. See the notes at Psalms 17:6. DELIVER ME SPEEDILY - Without delay....
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...
EAR. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6. DELIVER. rescue. ROCK. Hebrew. _zur._ See note on Psalms 18:1; Psalms 18:2....
The prayer of faith, Psalms 31:1 are repeated in that beautiful mosaic, Psalms 71; and Psalms 31:1 _a_forms the close of the _Te Deum_....
_Bow down_ Or, _incline_, as in Psalms 17:6; &c....
_Be thou_&c. Lit. _Become_(LXX γενοῦ) _to me a stronghold-rock, a fortress-house to save me: for_(he goes on to give the ground of his prayer) _thou art my cliff and my fortress_: i.e. prove Thyself t...
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...
_BOW DOWN THINE EAR TO ME; DELIVER ME SPEEDILY: BE THOU MY STRONG ROCK, FOR AN HOUSE OF DEFENCE TO SAVE ME._ The first strophe. The Psalmist's prayer, with confidence of being heard because of the Lo...
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...
_[Psalms 31:3]_ הַטֵּ֤ה אֵלַ֨י ׀ אָזְנְךָ֮ מְהֵרָ֪ה הַצִּ֫ילֵ֥נִי...
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...
A CRY OUT OF DEEP TROUBLE Psalms 31:1 Some have supposed that this psalm was written during the Sauline persecutions; but it is more likely that it dates from Absalom's rebellion. It alternates betwe...
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...
Spirit. Symmachus has "heart," or "mouth." (Calmet) --- The latter is also in some copies of the Septuagint. (Eusebius) --- The Roman and Alexandrian Septuagint have it, though Grabe substitutes spiri...
The last verse of these five becomes a key to open to us the four preceding. Nothing can be more evident than that the whole must have been written by David, under the spirit of prophecy, in direct re...
2._incline thine ear unto me. _These words express with how much ardor David’s soul was stimulated to pray. He affects no splendid or ornate language, as rhetoricians are wont to do; but only describe...
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...
BOW DOWN THINE EAR TO ME,.... Which is said after the manner of men, who, when they give attention, and listen to anything, stoop, and incline the ear; and this for God to do, as he sometimes does, is...
Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me. Ver. 2. _Bow down thine ear to me, deliver me_] This repetition of his petition is no vain b...
_Never let me be ashamed_ Namely, of my confidence in thy promises. _Deliver me in thy righteousness_ By, or for, or according to thy faithfulness and goodness, both which often come under the name of...
Bow down Thine ear to me, in the attitude of most careful attention; DELIVER ME SPEEDILY, since the need was so urgent. BE THOU MY STRONG ROCK, a pinnacle of defense, FOR AN HOUSE OF DEFENSE, a fortre...
THE BELIEVER'S HUMBLE AND CONFIDENT SUBMISSION TO THE HAND OF GOD. To the chief musician, for performance in the liturgical part of the Tabernacle worship, a psalm of David, written at some time when...
MY STRONG ROCK: _ Heb._ to me for a rock of strength...
1-8 Faith and prayer must go together, for the prayer of faith is the prevailing prayer. David gave up his soul in a special manner to God. And with the words, ver. 5, our Lord Jesus yielded up his l...
DELIVER ME SPEEDILY, because of the greatness and urgency of my danger, which is even ready to swallow me up....
Psalms 31:2 down H5186 (H8685) ear H241 Deliver H5337 (H8685) speedily H4120 rock H6697 refuge H4581 fortress...
‘Bow down your ear to me' Deliver me speedily. Be you to me a strong rock, A house of defence to save me. For you are my rock and my fortress, Therefore for your name's sake lead me and guide me....
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...
_Be Thou my strong rook,.. . for Thou art my rock, _ “BE. .. FOR THOU ART” It sounds strange logic, “Be. .. for Thou art,” and yet it is the logic of prayer, and goes very deep, pointing out both it...
_In Thee, O Lord, do I put my trust._ MAN TRUSTING IN JEHOVAH I. Here is man trusting in Jehovah Is great trials. 1. It seems strange that God should allow a man who trusts in Him to become involve...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 31:1. This is a lament seeking God’s help amid persecution (vv. Psalms 31:4,...
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 John 4:12; 1 John 4:15; 1 John 4:16; 2 Samuel 22:3; Deuteronomy 32:3