Psalms 31:8

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 them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD. 7I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast seen my affliction; thou hast known my soul in adversities: And thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; thou hast set my feet in a large place. 9Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in distress: mine eye wasteth away with grief, yea, my soul and my body. 10For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are wasted away.

Psalms 31:8 word by word

וְלֹ֣א הִ֭סְגַּרְתַּנִי בְּיַד־אוֹיֵ֑ב הֶֽעֱמַ֖דְתָּ בַמֶּרְחָ֣ב רַגְלָֽי׃Read the interlinear

• notנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• upרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• setאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834

Cross-references for Psalms 31:8

• Psalms 88:8Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
• Deuteronomy 32:30How should one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Except their Rock had sold them, And the LORD had delivered them up?
• 1 Samuel 17:46This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from off thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel:
• 1 Samuel 24:18And thou hast declared this day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me up into thine hand, thou killedst me not.
• 1 Samuel 26:8Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered up thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will not smite him the second time.
• Job 16:11God delivereth me to the ungodly, and casteth me into the hands of the wicked.
• Isaiah 19:4And I will give over the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts.
• Psalms 4:1Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness; thou hast set me at large when I was in distress: have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
• Psalms 18:19He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
• Job 36:16Yea, he would have led thee away out of distress into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which is set on thy table should be full of fatness.

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

In the dictionaries

• David
• Pentateuch
• Psalms, Book of

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