God’s Word Translation
Psalms 31:8
8You have not handed me over to the enemy. You have set my feet in a place where I can move freely.
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 cling to false gods, but I trust the Lord. 7I will rejoice and be glad because of your mercy. You have seen my misery. You have known the troubles in my soul. You have not handed me over to the enemy. You have set my feet in a place where I can move freely. 9Have pity on me, O Lord, because I am in distress. My eyes, my soul, and my body waste away from grief. 10My life is exhausted from sorrow, my years from groaning. My strength staggers under ⌞the weight of⌟ my guilt, and my bones waste away.
Read all of Psalms 31Psalms 31:8 word by word
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 taken my friends far away from me. You made me disgusting to them. I’m shut in, and I can’t get out.
- Deuteronomy 32:30How could one person chase a thousand or two people make ten thousand flee? Their rock used these people to defeat them and the Lord gave them no help.
- 1 Samuel 17:46Today the Lord will hand you over to me. I will strike you down and cut off your head. And this day I will give the dead bodies of the Philistine army to the birds and the wild animals. The whole world will know that Israel has a God.
- 1 Samuel 24:18Today you have proved how good you’ve been to me. When the Lord handed me over to you, you didn’t kill me.
- 1 Samuel 26:8Abishai said to David, “Today God has turned your enemy over to you. Please let me nail him to the ground with one stab of the spear. I won’t have to do it twice!”
- Job 16:11God handed me over to unjust people and threw me into the hands of wicked people.
- Isaiah 19:4I will hand over the Egyptians to a harsh master. A strong king will rule them,” declares the Almighty Lord of Armies.
- Psalms 4:1Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness. You have freed me from my troubles. Have pity on me, and hear my prayer!
- Psalms 18:19He brought me out to a wide-open place. He rescued me because he was pleased with me.
- Job 36:16“Yes, he lured you away from the jaws of trouble into an open area where you were not restrained, and your table was covered with rich foods.
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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