What does Psalms 31:23 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer."
Verse Psalms 31:23. _O LOVE THE LORD, ALL YE HIS SAINTS_] It is only the _saints_ that can love God, as they only are made partakers of the Divine nature. _Holy spirits_ can love God, who is the fount...
O LOVE THE LORD, ALL YE HIS SAINTS - This is the “application” of all the truths suggested in the psalm. The experience of the psalmist had shown the wisdom of trusting in God in times of danger and t...
Psalms 31 The Enemies of Israel and the Victory _ 1. The prayer for deliverance (Psalms 31:1)_ 2. The victory (Psalms 31:19) Psalms 31:1. Many saints have turned to this Psalm for encouragement i...
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. Psal...
THE LORD. Hebrew 'eth Jehovah. App-4. (Objective.) SAINTS. favoured, or graced ones....
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...
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 befor...
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...
_O LOVE THE LORD, ALL YE HIS SAINTS: FOR THE LORD PRESERVETH THE FAITHFUL, AND PLENTIFULLY REWARDETH THE PROUD DOER._ O love ... saints. From God, David turns to his fellow-saints. (FOR) THE LORD P...
31:23 saints. (f-6) _ Chasid_ . see Psalms 30:4 2 Samuel 22:26 ....
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...
PRESERVETH THE FAITHFUL. — Or, perhaps, by rendering by the abstract instead of the concrete, _keeps faith._ The LXX. and Vulg. have “requireth truths.”...
_[Psalms 31:24]_ אֶֽהֱב֥וּ אֶת ־יְהוָ֗ה כָּֽל ־חֲסִ֫ידָ֥יו אֱ֭מוּנִים נֹצֵ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה וּ מְשַׁלֵּ֥ם עַל ־יֶ֝֗תֶר...
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 th...
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...
These words will come home with double strength and recommendation, if we consider them as the words of our adorable Redeemer, dictated by the spirit of prophecy. And who but must love Father, Son, an...
23._O love Jehovah, all ye his meek ones! _In my opinion, the Psalmist does not here exhort the saints to fear and reverence God, as many think, but encourages them to confide in him; or, in other wor...
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...
O LOVE THE LORD, ALL YE HIS SAINTS,.... To whom his goodness extends; who are favoured with the blessings of his grace, as pardon, peace, and righteousness; and who particularly are sanctified by his...
O love the LORD, all ye his saints: [for] the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer. Ver. 23. _O love the Lord_] Let not your hasty discontent beget in you hard thoug...
_O love the Lord, all ye his saints_ Those that have their own hearts full of love to God, cannot but desire that others also should love him: for in his love there is no need to fear a rival. It is 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 through...
THE LORD PRESERVETH THE FAITHFUL; or, _keepeth faithfulness_, or _faithfulnesses_, i.e. is faithful in fulfilling his promises; or rather, the faithful, who is opposed to the proud doer in the next cl...
Psalms 31:23 love H157 (H8798) LORD H3068 saints H2623 LORD H3068 preserves H5341 (H8802) faithful H539 (H8803) fully H3499 repays H7999 (H8764) proud H1346 person H6213 (H8802) O love - Psalms 34:9,...
‘Oh love YHWH, all you his holy ones, YHWH preserves those who are faithful, And plentifully rewards him who deals arrogantly. Be strong, and let your heart take courage, All you who hope in YHWH....
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...
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...
_O love the Lord, all ye His saints._ CONSTRAINING LOVE Love Jehovah--so the text runs. God the Father demands your love and deserves it, yea, the warmest affection of your hearts. And so also does...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 31:1. This is a lament seeking God’s help amid persecution (vv. Psalms 31:4, Psalms 31:8, Psalms 31:11, Psalms 31:13, Psalms 31:15, Psalms 31:18,...
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; 1 Thessalonians 4:1; Deuteronomy 10:12; Deuteronomy 30:16; Deuteronomy 33:3; Isaiah 56:6; John 10:27; Jude 1:1; Mark 12:23;...