Psalm 31:6-8

6 I hate those who ¹regard vain idols, But I ²trust in the LORD.

7 I will ³rejoice and be glad in Your lovingkindness, Because You have ⁴seen my affliction; You have known the troubles of my soul,

8 And You have not ⁵given me over into the hand of the enemy; You have set my feet in a large place.

Psalm 31:6-8 Meaning and Commentary

To the chief Musician, a Psalm of David. This psalm, according to Arama, was composed by David when in Keilah; but, according to Kimchi and others, when the Ziphites proposed to deliver him up into the hands of Saul; and who, upon their solicitations, came down and surrounded him with his army, from whom in haste he made his escape, and to which he is thought to refer in Psalm 31:22. Theodoret supposes it was written by David when he fled from Absalom, and that it has some respect in it to his sin against Uriah, in that verse.

Cross References

• 1. Jonah 2:8
• 2. Psalms 52:8
• 3. Psalms 90:14
• 4. Psalms 10:14
• 5. Deuteronomy 32:30; Psalms 37:33

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "empty vanities"