Psalms 31:4

4 You will free me from the net[a] that is secretly set for me, for You are my refuge.

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 Listen closely to me; rescue me quickly. Be a rock of refuge for me, a mountain fortress to save me.
3 For You are my rock and my fortress; You lead and guide me because of Your name.
4 You will free me from the net that is secretly set for me, for You are my refuge.
5 Into Your hand I entrust my spirit; You redeem me, Lord, God of truth.
6 I hate those who are devoted to worthless idols, but I trust in the Lord.

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