Psalms 31:8

And hast not shut me up in the hand of the foe, Thou hast given standing, in a roomy place, unto my feet.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.

In Context

7I will indeed exult and rejoice, in thy lovingkindness,—In that thou hast looked upon my humiliation, thou hast taken note that in distresses was my life;

9Show me favour, O Yahweh, for in distress am I,—Wasted with vexation, is mine eye—my soul and my body;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 26:7so we made outcry unto Yahweh God of our fathers,—and Yahweh hearkened unto our voice, and looked upon our humiliation and our toil, and our oppression;

1 Samuel 17:46This day, will Yahweh deliver thee into my hand, and I will smite thee, and take thy head from off thee, and will give thy dead body and the dead bodies of the host of Philistines, this day, unto the birds of heaven, and unto the wild beasts of the earth,—that all the earth may know that Israel hath a God;

1 Samuel 26:8Then said Abishai unto David, God hath surrendered, to-day, thine enemy, into thy hand: Now, therefore, let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear to the earth, at one stroke, I, will not do it twice.

Job 36:16Yea he might even have allured thee—out of the mouth of straitness, [into] a wide space—no narrowness there,—and, the food set down on thy table, should have been full of fatness.

Psalms 10:14Thou hast seen! For, thou, mischief and misery, dost discern, to requite with thine own hand, Unto thee, doth, the unfortunate one, give himself up, To the fatherless, thou thyself, hast become a helper.

Psalms 88:8Thou hast far removed mine acquaintances from me,—Thou hast made me an abomination unto them, Shut up, and I cannot go forth!

Matthew Henry on Psalms 31:2-9

Prayer for Deliverance; Profession of Confidence in God. 1 In thee, O Lord , do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness. 2 Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for a house of defence to save me. 3 For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me. 4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength. 5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of… Read the whole commentary →

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