Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 31:8
8and have not handed me over to the enemy. You have set my feet in a spacious place.
Psalms 31:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
- New International Version (NIV)You have not given me into the hands of the enemy but have set my feet in a spacious place.
- English Standard Version (ESV)and you have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy; you have set my feet in a broad place.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; You have set my feet in a wide place.
Context of Psalms 31:8
6I hate those who are devoted to worthless idols, but I trust in the Lord. 7I will rejoice and be glad in your faithful love because you have seen my affliction. You know the troubles of my soul and have not handed me over to the enemy. You have set my feet in a spacious place. 9Be gracious to me, Lord, because I am in distress; my eyes are worn out from frustration — my whole being as well. 10Indeed, my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my strength has failed because of my iniquity, and my bones waste away.
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וְלֹ֣א הִ֭סְגַּרְתַּנִי בְּיַד־אוֹיֵ֑ב הֶֽעֱמַ֖דְתָּ בַמֶּרְחָ֣ב רַגְלָֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 31:8
- Psalms 88:8You have distanced my friends from me; you have made me repulsive to them. I am shut in and cannot go out.
- Deuteronomy 32:30How could one pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the Lord had given them up?
- 1 Samuel 17:46Today, the Lord will hand you over to me. Today, I’ll strike you down, remove your head, and give the corpses of the Philistine camp to the birds of the sky and the wild creatures of the earth. Then all the world will know that Israel has a God,
- 1 Samuel 24:18You yourself have told me today what good you did for me: when the Lord handed me over to you, you didn’t kill me.
- 1 Samuel 26:8Then Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy to you. Let me thrust the spear through him into the ground just once. I won’t have to strike him twice!”
- Job 16:11God hands me over to the unjust; he throws me to the wicked.
- Isaiah 19:4I will hand over Egypt to harsh masters, and a strong king will rule it. This is the declaration of the Lord God of Armies.
- Psalms 4:1Answer me when I call, God, who vindicates me. You freed me from affliction; be gracious to me and hear my prayer.
- Psalms 18:19He brought me out to a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.
- Job 36:16Indeed, he lured you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and unconfined place. Your table was spread with choice food.
Commentaries on Psalms 31:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Thou hast set my foot in a large room - Many hair-breadth escapes David had for his life; at that time especially when, playing before Saul, the furious king took a spear and endeavored to pierce him through the body, but he escaped and got to the deserts. Here God, who had saved his life, set his feet in a large room. The seventh and eighth verses speak of what God had done previously for him.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy - Hast not delivered me into his hand, or into his power. See the margin 1 Samuel 17:46; 1 Samuel 24:18; 1 Samuel 26:8. Thou hast set my feet in a large room - In a large place. Thou hast made me free, or set me at liberty. See Psalm 4:1, note; Psalm 18:19, note; Psalm 18:36, note.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8in the open: This means a wide area, unlike a narrow or tight place that causes distress (see Psalm 18:19).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. shut me up ... enemy--abandon to (1Sa 23:11). large room--place of safety (compare Psa 18:19).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 31
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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