Psalms 31:4

4 Keep me free from the trap that is set for me, for you are my refuge.

Psalms 31:4 in Other Translations

4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.

4 you take me out of the net they have hidden for me, for you are my refuge.

4 Pull me from the trap my enemies set for me, for I find protection in you alone.

4 Free me from hidden traps; I want to hide in you.

4 You will free me from the net 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 Turn your ear to me, come quickly to my rescue; be my rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save me.

3 Since you are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of your name lead and guide me.

4 Keep me free from the trap that is set for me, for you are my refuge.

5 Into your hands I commit my spirit; deliver me, LORD, my faithful God.

6 I hate those who cling to worthless idols; as for me, I trust in the LORD.

Cross References

• 1. S 1 Samuel 28:9; S Job 18:10
• 2. Psalms 9:9; Psalms 25:15