If we consider the foregoing verses as referring to Christ and his enemies, how striking are these verses, if read with an eye to Judas and the foes of Christ. Acts 1:18. And may we not take the words still further as holding forth a sure prophecy, to all the enemies of Jesus and his church?
Verse Psalms 31:17. _LET THE WICKED BE ASHAMED_] Those who traduce my character and lay snares for my life; let them be confounded....
LET ME NOT BE ASHAMED, O LORD, FOR I HAVE CALLED UPON THEE - That is, I have reposed entire confidence in thee, and in thy promises, in the time of trial; let now the result be such as to show that I...
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...
WICKED. lawless. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44. THE GRAVE. Hebrew Sheol. App-35....
The tone of the Psalm changes. The recollection of past mercies brings present suffering into sharper relief. "A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier things." This part of the Psalm reminds...
The prayer of Psalms 31:1 is repeated. While my prayers are answered, let my enemies be silenced and consigned to Sheol. A similar prayer in Psalms 25:2-3; Jeremiah 17:18....
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...
_LET ME NOT BE ASHAMED, O LORD; FOR I HAVE CALLED UPON THEE: LET THE WICKED BE ASHAMED, AND LET THEM BE SILENT IN THE GRAVE._ Let me ... O Lord; for I have called upon thee - resuming the prayer (Psa...
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...
This repetition of the prayer of Psalms 31:1 may suggest that after all the Ps. is a unity: cp. Psalms 25:2; Jeremiah 17:18. THE GRAVE] RV 'Sheol.'...
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 31:18]_ יְֽהוָ֗ה אַל ־אֵ֭בֹושָׁה כִּ֣י קְרָאתִ֑יךָ...
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...
Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, [and] let them be (m) silent in the grave. 6:16)....
17._O Jehovah! let me not be ashamed. _In these words, the Psalmist continues his prayer, and to strengthen his hopes, he contrasts himself with his enemies; for it would have been more than absurd to...
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...
LET ME NOT BE ASHAMED, O LORD,.... The same petition as in Psalms 31:1; FOR I HAVE CALLED UPON THEE; who is nigh unto all that call upon him in truth, and is rich unto them, and has promised to help...
Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, [and] let them be silent in the grave. Ver. 17. _Let me not be ashamed_] _i.e._ Disappointed of my hopes. _ Let...
_I said, Thou art my God_ Mine by paternal relation, and care, and affection, and by thy promise, or covenant, made with me. _My times are in thy hand_ The time of my life, how long I shall live; or,...
CONFIDENCE AND TRIUMPH OF FAITH...
Let me not be ashamed, O Lord, become an object of ridicule on account of his trust in Jehovah, FOR I HAVE CALLED UPON THEE; LET THE WICKED BE ASHAMED, all mockery being heaped upon their head, AND LE...
LET THEM BE SILENT IN THE GRAVE: Or, let them be cut off for the grave...
9-18 David's troubles made him a man of sorrows. Herein he was a type of Christ, who was acquainted with grief. David acknowledged that his afflictions were merited by his own sins, but Christ suffer...
I have called upon thee; and therefore thy honour will be eclipsed in my disappointment, as if thou didst not hear prayers, nor keep promise, nor make any difference between good and bad men. LET THE...
Psalms 31:17 ashamed H954 (H8799) LORD H3068 called H7121 (H8804) wicked H7563 ashamed H954 (H8799) silent...
Make your face to shine on your servant, Save me in your covenant love. Let me not be put to shame, O YHWH, For I have called on you, Let the wicked be put to shame, Let them be silent in Sheol....
GRAVE Hebrew, "Sheol," (_ See Scofield) - (Habakkuk 2:5). _...
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...
_Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble._ THE COMPLAINTS OF A SUFFERER, AND THE ENTREATIES OF A SUPPLIANT I. the complaints of a sufferer. 1. His sufferings were mental and severe. 2. His...
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 31:14 David’s TRUST in the Lord during the present distress is based on his experiences as reported in vv. Psalms 31:3 and also on the promises o
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 2:9; Daniel 12:2; Isaiah 41:11; Isaiah 41:12; Isaiah 45:16;...