Tree of Life Version
Psalms 31:15
15But I have trusted in You, Adonai. I said: “You are my God.”
Psalms 31:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
- New International Version (NIV)My times are in your hands; deliver me from the hands of my enemies, from those who pursue me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)My times are in your hand; rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors!
- New King James Version (NKJV)My times are in Your hand; Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from those who persecute me.
Context of Psalms 31:15
13I am as forgotten as a dead man. I have become like a broken vessel. 14For I have heard the whispering of many. There is terror on every side as they conspire against me and plot to take my life. But I have trusted in You, Adonai. I said: “You are my God.” 16My times are in Your hands. Deliver me from the hands of my foes and from those who pursue me. 17Make Your face shine on Your servant. Save me in Your lovingkindness.
Read all of Psalms 31Psalms 31:15 word by word
בְּיָדְךָ֥ עִתֹּתָ֑י הַצִּ֘ילֵ֤נִי מִיַּד־א֝וֹיְבַ֗י וּמֵרֹדְפָֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 31:15
- Psalms 116:15Precious in the sight of Adonai is the death of His kedoshim.
- 1 Samuel 26:10David added, “As Adonai lives, either Adonai will strike him down, or his day will come to die, or he will go down to battle and be swept away.
- 2 Samuel 7:12When your days are done and you sleep with your fathers, I will raise up your seed, who will come forth from you after you, and I will establish his kingdom.
- Job 24:1“Why are times not stored up by Shaddai? And why do those who know Him not see His days?
- Ecclesiastes 3:1For everything there is a season and a time for every activity under heaven:
- Luke 9:51When the days were approaching for Him to be taken up, Yeshua was determined to go up to Jerusalem.
- John 7:6Therefore Yeshua said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always at hand.
- John 12:27“Now My soul is troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But it was for this reason I came to this hour.
- John 13:1Now it was just before the feast of Passover. Yeshua knew that His hour had come to depart from this world to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them until the end.
- John 17:1Yeshua spoke these things; then, lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, so the Son may glorify You.
- Acts 1:7He said to them, “It is not your place to know the times or seasons which the Father has placed under His own control.
- Acts 23:11The following night the Lord stood beside Paul and said, “Take courage! For just as you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome!”
- Acts 27:24He said, ‘Do not fear, Paul. You must stand before Caesar; and indeed, God has granted you all who are sailing with you.’
- 2 Timothy 4:6For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come.
- 2 Peter 1:14knowing that my death is soon, as our Lord Yeshua the Messiah has made clear to me.
- Psalms 17:8Protect me like the pupil of the eye. Hide me in the shadow of Your wings,
Commentaries on Psalms 31:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15My times are in thy hand - The events of my life are under thy control. No danger can happen to me without thy foresight; thou seest what is prepared for or meditated against me; thou canst therefore deliver me from mine enemies.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15My times are in thy hand - That is, I said this in my trouble; when my friends forsook me, and when my enemies came around me and threatened my life. The meaning is, that all that pertained to him was under the control and at the disposal of God. He would “live” as long as God should please. It was His to give life; His to preserve it; His to take it away. All in relation to life - its origin - its continuance - its changes - its seasons - childhood…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-18Verses 9-18 David's troubles made him a man of sorrows. Herein he was a type of Christ, who was acquainted with grief. David acknowledged that his afflictions were merited by his own sins, but Christ suffered for ours. David's friends durst not give him any assistance. Let us not think it strange if thus deserted, but make sure of a Friend in heaven who will not fail. God will be sure to order and dispose all for the best, to all those who commit their…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15My times are in Your hands: To give up control of timing is one way to express submission.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-1814-18. In his profession of trust he includes the terms of the prayer expressing it.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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