Psalms 31 Footnotes

31:5-6 This is a psalm of trust, in which the psalmist abandons himself to God in contrast to those who trust “worthless idols.” Jesus quoted the words “into your hand I entrust my spirit” when his suffering on the cross was finished (Lk 23:46). Perhaps, in view of the context here, his prayer carried the implication that those responsible for his execution were putting their trust in something “worthless.”