New King James Version
Psalms 31:8
8And have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; You have set my feet in a wide 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 Living Translation (NLT)You have not handed me over to my enemies but have set me in a safe place.
Context of Psalms 31:8
6I have hated those who regard useless idols; But I trust in the Lord. 7I will be glad and rejoice in Your mercy, For You have considered my trouble; You have known my soul in adversities, And have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; You have set my feet in a wide place. 9Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; My eye wastes away with grief, Yes, my soul and my body! 10For my life is spent with grief, And my years with sighing; My strength fails because of my iniquity, 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 put away my acquaintances far from me; You have made me an abomination to them; I am shut up, and I cannot get out;
- Deuteronomy 32:30How could one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Unless their Rock had sold them, And the Lord had surrendered them?
- 1 Samuel 17:46This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you and take your head from you. And this day I will give the carcasses of the camp of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
- 1 Samuel 24:18And you have shown this day how you have dealt well with me; for when the Lord delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me.
- 1 Samuel 26:8Then Abishai said to David, “God has delivered your enemy into your hand this day. Now therefore, please, let me strike him at once with the spear, right to the earth; and I will not have to strike him a second time!”
- Job 16:11God has delivered me to the ungodly, And turned me over to the hands of the wicked.
- Isaiah 19:4And the Egyptians I will give Into the hand of a cruel master, And a fierce king will rule over them,” Says the Lord, the Lord of hosts.
- Psalms 4:1Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved me in my distress; Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.
- Psalms 18:19He also brought me out into a broad place; He delivered me because He delighted in me.
- Job 36:16“Indeed He would have brought you out of dire distress, Into a broad place where there is no restraint; And what is set on your table would be full of richness.
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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