# Psalm 31 📖: Into Your Hands
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> [!info] Table of Contents
> [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]]
> [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]]
> [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]]
> [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]]
> [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]]
> [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]]
> [[#💬 Discussion Questions]]
> [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]]
> [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]]
> [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]]
> [[#📂 Internal Notes]]
## 📜 Scripture Text (NET)
(The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005)
**Theme**: Trust in the Lord.
## For the music director, a psalm of David.
[[#Verse 01.]] In you, O Lord, I have taken shelter.
Never let me be humiliated.
Vindicate me by rescuing me.
[[#Verse 02.]] Listen to me.
Quickly deliver me.
Be my protector and refuge,
a stronghold where I can be safe.
[[#Verse 03.]] For you are my high ridge and my stronghold;
for the sake of your own reputation you lead me and guide me.
[[#Verse 04.]] You will free me from the net they hid for me,
for you are my place of refuge.
[[#Verse 05.]] Into your hand I entrust my life;
you will rescue me, O Lord, the faithful God.
[[#Verse 06.]] I hate those who serve worthless idols,
but I trust in the Lord.
[[#Verse 07.]] I will be happy and rejoice in your faithfulness,
because you notice my pain
and you are aware of how distressed I am.
[[#Verse 08.]] You do not deliver me over to the power of the enemy;
you enable me to stand in a wide open place.
[[#Verse 09.]] Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am in distress!
My eyes grow dim from suffering.
I have lost my strength.
[[#Verse 10.]] For my life nears its end in pain;
my years draw to a close as I groan.
My strength fails me because of my sin,
and my bones become brittle.
[[#Verse 11.]] Because of all my enemies, people disdain me;
my neighbors are appalled by my suffering—
those who know me are horrified by my condition;
those who see me in the street run away from me.
[[#Verse 12.]] I am forgotten, like a dead man no one thinks about;
I am regarded as worthless, like a broken jar.
[[#Verse 13.]] For I hear what so many are saying,
the terrifying news that comes from every direction. When they plot together against me,
they figure out how they can take my life.
[[#Verse 14.]]But I trust in you, O Lord!
I declare, “You are my God!”
[[#Verse 15.]] You determine my destiny.
Rescue me from the power of my enemies and those who chase me.
[[#Verse 16.]] Smile on your servant.
Deliver me because of your faithfulness.
[[#Verse 17.]] O Lord, do not let me be humiliated,
for I call out to you.
May evil men be humiliated.
May they go wailing to the grave.
[[#Verse 18.]] May lying lips be silenced—
lips that speak defiantly against the innocent
with arrogance and contempt.
[[#Verse 19.]] How great is your favor,
which you store up for your loyal followers.
In plain sight of everyone you bestow it on those who take shelter in you.
[[#Verse 20.]] You hide them with you, where they are safe from the attacks of men;
you conceal them in a shelter, where they are safe from slanderous attacks.
[[#Verse 21.]] The Lord deserves praise
for he demonstrated his amazing faithfulness to me when I was besieged by enemies.
[[#Verse 22.]] I jumped to conclusions and said,
“I am cut off from your presence!”
But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.
[[#Verse 23.]] Love the Lord, all you faithful followers of his!
The Lord protects those who have integrity,
but he pays back in full the one who acts arrogantly.
[[#Verse 24.]] Be strong and confident,
all you who wait on the Lord.
## 📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary
###### Overall.
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## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights
1. Jesus quoted 31:5 as His final words on the cross (Luke 23:46).
2. Stephen echoed this prayer as he was stoned, asking the Lord Jesus to receive his spirit (Acts 7:59).
3. Jewish prayer tradition has long used 31:5 as a prayer before going to sleep.
4. The verb "entrust" or "commit" (31:5) is used of handing something over to someone for safekeeping.
5. The phrase "terror on every side" (31:13) appears several times in Jeremiah (Jeremiah 6:25; 20:10).
6. David compares himself to broken pottery (31:12), something useless and thrown away.
7. The opening verses (31:1-3) are nearly identical to Psalm 71:1-3.
8. "Make Your face shine on Your servant" (31:16) echoes the priestly blessing in Numbers 6:25.
9. The psalm moves through prayer and trust twice (31:1-8 and 31:9-24), showing that faith is often a cycle, not a single moment.
10. The closing call to be strong and courageous (31:24) echoes the Lord's words to Joshua (Joshua 1:6-9).
## 🧠 Chapter Summary
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## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter
Christ is the faithful Son who prayed 31:5 from the cross, "Into your hands I commit my spirit" (Luke 23:46). Because He entrusted Himself to the Father, we can commit our lives and times into God's hands.
## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application
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## 💬 Discussion Questions
1. Jesus prayed 31:5 as He died (Luke 23:46). What does it look like to entrust your life into God's hands day by day?
2. David says, "My times are in your hand" (31:15). What area of your future do you need to place in God's hands?
3. God has stored up goodness for those who fear Him (31:19). Where have you seen God's goodness even in a season of trouble?
## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember
- 📖 verse 5: Into Your hand I entrust my life; You rescue me, O Lord, faithful God.
- 📖 verse 15: My times are in Your hand.
- 📖 verse 24: Be strong and confident, all you who wait on the Lord.
## 🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference
- 🔗 [[Luke 23#Verse 46.|Luke 23:46]] - Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit.
- 🔗 [[Acts 07#Verse 59.|Acts 7:59]] - Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
- 🔗 [[1 Peter 04#Verse 19.|1 Peter 4:19]] - Entrust yourselves to a faithful Creator.
- 🔗 [[Psalm 71#Verse 01.|Psalm 71:1-3]] - A parallel prayer for refuge.
- 🔗 [[Joshua 01#Verse 09.|Joshua 1:9]] - Be strong and courageous.
## 🙏 Devotional Reflection
📝 SOAP: [[Psalm 31- SOAP|Trusting God with the Future]]
## 📂 Internal Notes