Psalms 31:4

4 (30-5) Thou wilt bring me out of this snare, which they have hidden for me: for thou art my protector.

Psalms 31:4 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 31:4

Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me
The Ziphites, and Saul, and his men; the former intending treacherously to betray him, and the latter encompassing him about in order to take him; and such was his danger and difficulty, that he saw none but God could deliver him; and he it is that breaks the nets of men, and the snares of the devil, which they secretly lay for the people of God, that they may stumble, and fall, and be taken, and delivers them out of them;

for thou [art] my strength;
the author, giver, and maintainer, both of his natural and spiritual strength; and who was able, and was only able, to pull him out of the net, and extricate him out of the difficulties in which he was.

Psalms 31:4 In-Context

2 (30-3) Bow down thy ear to me: make haste to deliver me. Be thou unto me a God, a protector, and a house of refuge, to save me.
3 (30-4) For thou art my strength and my refuge; and for thy name’s sake thou wilt lead me, and nourish me.
4 (30-5) Thou wilt bring me out of this snare, which they have hidden for me: for thou art my protector.
5 (30-6) Into thy hands I commend my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, the God of truth.
6 (30-7) Thou hast hated them that regard vanities, to no purpose. But I have hoped in the Lord:
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