Psalm 31:
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Psalm 31
Concise Complete
Confidence in God. (1-8) Prayer in trouble. (9-18) Praise for God's
goodness. (19-24)
Verses 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 last breath on the cross, and made his soul a
free-will offering for sin, laying down his life as a ransom. But David is here
as a man in distress and trouble. And his great care is about his soul, his
spirit, his better part. Many think that while perplexed about their worldly
affairs, and their cares multiply, they may be excused if they neglect their
souls; but we are the more concerned to look to our souls, that, though the
outward man perish, the inward man may suffer no damage. The redemption of the
soul is so precious, that it must have ceased for ever, if Christ had not
undertaken it. Having relied on God's mercy, he will be glad and rejoice in it.
God looks upon our souls, when we are in trouble, to see whether they are
humbled for sin, and made better by the affliction. Every believer will meet
with such dangers and deliverances, until he is delivered from death, his last
enemy.
Verses 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 suffered for ours. David's friends durst not give
him any assistance. Let us not think it strange if thus deserted, but make sure
of a Friend in heaven who will not fail. God will be sure to order and dispose
all for the best, to all those who commit their spirits also into his hand. The
time of life is in God's hands, to lengthen or shorten, make bitter or sweet,
according to the counsel of his will. The way of man is not in himself, nor in
our friend's hands, nor in our enemies' hands, but in God's. In this faith and
confidence he prays that the Lord would save him for his mercies's sake, and not
for any merit of his own. He prophesies the silencing of those that reproach and
speak evil of the people of God. There is a day coming, when the Lord will
execute judgment upon them. In the mean time, we should engage ourselves by
well-doing, if possible, to silence the ignorance of foolish men.
Verses 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 wondrous gift of the only-begotten Son
of God, to be the atonement for their sins. Let not any yield to unbelief, or
think, under discouraging circumstances, that they are cut off from before the
eyes of the Lord, and left to the pride of men. Lord, pardon our complaints and
fears; increase our faith, patience, love, and gratitude; teach us to rejoice in
tribulation and in hope. The deliverance of Christ, with the destruction of his
enemies, ought to strengthen and comfort the hearts of believers under all their
afflictions here below, that having suffered courageously with their Master,
they may triumphantly enter into his joy and glory.
Psalm 31:
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