Psalms 31:15

My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
times	עִתֹּתָ֑י 'i.to.Tai	H6256	time · noun, common both genders plural construct + pronominal suffix
hand	בְּיָדְךָ֥ be.ya.de.Kha	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
deliver	הַצִּ֘ילֵ֤נִי ha.Tzi.Le.ni	H5337	to snatch away · verb, hiphil imperative, 2nd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix
hand	מִיַּד mi.yad-	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct
enemies	א֝וֹיְבַ֗י 'oy.Vai	H341	hating · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix
persecute	וּמֵרֹדְפָֽי u.me.ro.de.Fai	H7291	to run after (usually with hostile intent · conjunction + preposition + verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix

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Cross-references

Acts 1:7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
John 17:1 These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorif…
John 7:6 Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.
Psalms 142:6 Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
Job 24:1 Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
Psalms 17:8-9 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
Psalms 143:3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 31:9-18

In the foregoing verses David had appealed to God's righteousness, and pleaded his relation to him and dependence on him; here he appeals to his mercy, and pleads the greatness of his own misery, which made his case the proper object of that mercy. Observe, I. The complaint he makes of his trouble and distress (Psa 31:9): "Have mercy upon me, O Lord! for I am in trouble, and need thy mercy." The remembrance he makes of his condition is not much unlike some even of Job's complaints. 1. His troubles had fixed a very deep impression upon his mind and made him a man of sorrows. So great was his grief that his very soul was consumed with it, and his life spent with it, and he was continually sigh…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 31:15

times--course of life. deliver . . . hand--opposed to "shut me up," &c., of Psa 31:8.

John Gill on Psalms 31:15

My times are in thy hand,.... And not in the hand of his enemies; as his time of life and death, which was only by the direction and appointment of God, was in his power, and fixed by him; nor could his enemies take away his life before his time, and without the will of his covenant God: the time of his coming to the throne, and what was gone over him during his reign hitherto, 1 Chronicles 29:30; and all his times of trouble in it; times of prosperity and of adversity; of darkness, desertion, and temptation; and of joy, peace, and comfort; these were all in the hands of the Lord, at his disposal, and ordered by him for the good of his servant, and for the glory of his own name; and this was…

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John Calvin on Psalms 31:14-18

Psalm 31:14-18 14. Yet have I trusted in thee, O Jehovah! I have said, Thou art my God. 15. My times are in thy hand; deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me. 16. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; preserve me in thy goodness. 17. O Jehovah! let me not be ashamed; for I have called on thee: let the wicked be ashamed, let them be silent in the grave. 18. Let lying lips be put to silence, which speak a hard [or grievous] thing against the just, in pride and scorn. 14. Yet have I trusted in thee, O Jehovah! The rendering properly is, And I have trusted in thee; but the Hebrew copulative particle v, vau, and, is used here instead of the adversative parti…

The Church Fathers

He says "my lot" in the sense of all my relief and all my tribulation. Since everyone has times when they are distressed and times when they are also made happy, he means, "my lot," the times allotted to me for being made glad and for being distressed, all these are "in your hands" and capable of being changed as you wish.
— Diodorus of Tarsus, COMMENTARY ON PSALM 31

"In Thy hands" are "my lots." In Thy power are my lots. For I see no desert for which out of the universal ungodliness of the human race Thou hast elected me particularly to salvation. And though there be with Thee some just and secret order in my election, yet I, from whom this is hid, have attained by lot unto my Lord's vesture. "Deliver me from the hands of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me."
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 31

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Dictionary and topics

David — Beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother’s name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Sam.…
Providence Of God, The · Is exercised in: Determining the period of human life — Is exercised in: Determining the period of human life
Truth · God is a God of — God is a God of

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 31:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 31:9-18

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 31:15

John Gill on Psalms 31:15

John Calvin on Psalms 31:14-18

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 31:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 31:9-18

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 31:15

John Gill on Psalms 31:15

John Calvin on Psalms 31:14-18

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 31:14-18

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 31:15

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 31:15