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 have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD. 7I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities; And 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 trouble: my eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my body. 10For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of my iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

Psalms 31:8 word by word

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

• upסָגַרsâgar · to shutH5462
• handיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
• enemyאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• setעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• feetרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
• placeמֶרְחָבmerchâb · broadH4800

Cross-references for Psalms 31:8

• Psalms 88:8Thou hast put away my acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination to 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 shut them up?
• 1 Samuel 17:46This day will the LORD deliver thee into my hand; and I will smite thee, and take thy head from thee; and I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day to 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 showed this day how thou hast dealt with me: forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me into thy hand, thou didst not kill me.
• 1 Samuel 26:8Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thy enemy into thy hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time.
• Job 16:11God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
• Isaiah 19:4And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts.
• Psalms 4:1Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
• Psalms 18:19He brought me forth also in a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
• Job 36:16Even so would he have removed thee out of distress into a broad place, where there is no restraint; and that which should be 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