Apologetics Bible

Psalms 31:1

Hebrew

לַמְנַצֵּחַ מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִֽד׃

lamenatzecha-mizemvor-ledavid

KJV: In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.

AKJV: In you, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in your righteousness.

ASV: In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge;

YLT: To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. In Thee, O Jehovah, I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed to the age, In Thy righteousness deliver me.

Exposition: Psalms 31:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 31:2

Hebrew

בְּךָֽ־יְהוָה חָסִיתִי אַל־אֵבוֹשָׁה לְעוֹלָם בְּצִדְקָתְךָ פַלְּטֵֽנִי׃

vekha-yehvah-chasiytiy-'al-'evvoshah-le'volam-vetzideqatekha-faleteniy

KJV: Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.

AKJV: Bow down your ear to me; deliver me speedily: be you my strong rock, for an house of defense to save me.

ASV: Bow down thine ear unto me; deliver me speedily:

YLT: Incline unto me Thine ear hastily, deliver me, Be to me for a strong rock, For a house of bulwarks to save me.

Exposition: Psalms 31:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 31:3

Hebrew

הַטֵּה אֵלַי ׀ אָזְנְךָ מְהֵרָה הַצִּילֵנִי הֱיֵה לִי ׀ לְֽצוּר־מָעוֹז לְבֵית מְצוּדוֹת לְהוֹשִׁיעֵֽנִי׃

hateh-'elay- -'azenekha-meherah-hatziyleniy-heyeh-liy- -letzvr-ma'voz-leveyt-metzvdvot-lehvoshiy'eniy

KJV: For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me.

AKJV: For you are my rock and my fortress; therefore for your name’s sake lead me, and guide me.

ASV: For thou art my rock and my fortress;

YLT: For my rock and my bulwark art Thou, For Thy name's sake lead me and tend me.

Exposition: Psalms 31:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 31:4

Hebrew

כִּֽי־סַלְעִי וּמְצוּדָתִי אָתָּה וּלְמַעַן שִׁמְךָ תַּֽנְחֵנִי וּֽתְנַהֲלֵֽנִי׃

khiy-sale'iy-vmetzvdatiy-'atah-vlema'an-shimekha-tanecheniy-vtenahaleniy

KJV: Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.

AKJV: Pull me out of the net that they have laid privately for me: for you are my strength.

ASV: Pluck me out of the net that they have laid privily for me;

YLT: Bring me out from the net that they hid for me, For Thou art my strength.

Exposition: Psalms 31:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 31:5

Hebrew

תּוֹצִיאֵנִי מֵרֶשֶׁת זוּ טָמְנוּ לִי כִּֽי־אַתָּה מָֽעוּזִּֽי׃

tvotziy'eniy-mereshet-zv-tamenv-liy-khiy-'atah-ma'vziy

KJV: Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.

AKJV: Into your hand I commit my spirit: you have redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.

ASV: Into thy hand I commend my spirit:

YLT: Into Thy hand I commit my spirit, Thou hast redeemed me, Jehovah God of truth.

Exposition: Psalms 31:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 31:6

Hebrew

בְּיָדְךָ אַפְקִיד רוּחִי פָּדִיתָה אוֹתִי יְהוָה אֵל אֱמֶֽת׃

veyadekha-'afeqiyd-rvchiy-fadiytah-'votiy-yehvah-'el-'emet

KJV: I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.

AKJV: I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.

ASV: I hate them that regard lying vanities;

YLT: I have hated the observers of lying vanities, And I toward Jehovah have been confident.

Exposition: Psalms 31:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 31:7

Hebrew

שָׂנֵאתִי הַשֹּׁמְרִים הַבְלֵי־שָׁוְא וַאֲנִי אֶל־יְהוָה בָּטָֽחְתִּי׃

shane'tiy-hashomeriym-haveley-shave'-va'aniy-'el-yehvah-vatachetiy

KJV: I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;

AKJV: I will be glad and rejoice in your mercy: for you have considered my trouble; you have known my soul in adversities;

ASV: I will be glad and rejoice in thy lovingkindness;

YLT: I rejoice, and am glad in Thy kindness, In that Thou hast seen mine affliction, Thou hast known in adversities my soul.

Exposition: Psalms 31:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 31:8

Hebrew

אָגִילָה וְאֶשְׂמְחָה בְּחַסְדֶּךָ אֲשֶׁר רָאִיתָ אֶת־עָנְיִי יָדַעְתָּ בְּצָרוֹת נַפְשִֽׁי׃

'agiylah-ve'eshemechah-vechasedekha-'asher-ra'iyta-'et-'aneyiy-yada'eta-vetzarvot-nafeshiy

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

AKJV: And have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: you have set my feet in a large room.

ASV: And thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy;

YLT: And Thou hast not shut me up, Into the hand of an enemy, Thou hast caused my feet to stand in a broad place.

Exposition: Psalms 31:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 31:9

Hebrew

וְלֹא הִסְגַּרְתַּנִי בְּיַד־אוֹיֵב הֶֽעֱמַדְתָּ בַמֶּרְחָב רַגְלָֽי׃

velo'-hisegaretaniy-veyad-'voyev-he'emadeta-vamerechav-ragelay

KJV: Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.

AKJV: Have mercy on me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: my eye is consumed with grief, yes, my soul and my belly.

ASV: Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress:

YLT: Favour me, O Jehovah, for distress is to me, Mine eye, my soul, and my body Have become old by provocation.

Exposition: Psalms 31:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 31:10

Hebrew

חָנֵּנִי יְהוָה כִּי צַר־לִי עָשְׁשָׁה בְכַעַס עֵינִי נַפְשִׁי וּבִטְנִֽי׃

chaneniy-yehvah-khiy-tzar-liy-'asheshah-vekha'as-'eyniy-nafeshiy-vviteniy

KJV: For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

AKJV: For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

ASV: For my life is spent with sorrow,

YLT: For my life hath been consumed in sorrow And my years in sighing. Feeble because of mine iniquity hath been my strength, And my bones have become old.

Exposition: Psalms 31:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 31:11

Hebrew

כִּי כָלוּ בְיָגוֹן חַיַּי וּשְׁנוֹתַי בַּאֲנָחָה כָּשַׁל בַּעֲוֺנִי כֹחִי וַעֲצָמַי עָשֵֽׁשׁוּ׃

khiy-khalv-veyagvon-chayay-vshenvotay-va'anachah-khashal-va'avniy-khochiy-va'atzamay-'asheshv

KJV: I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.

AKJV: I was a reproach among all my enemies, but especially among my neighbors, and a fear to my acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.

ASV: Because of all mine adversaries I am become a reproach,

YLT: Among all mine adversaries I have been a reproach, And to my neighbours exceedingly, And a fear to mine acquaintances, Those seeing me without--fled from me.

Exposition: Psalms 31:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 31:12

Hebrew

מִכָּל־צֹרְרַי הָיִיתִי חֶרְפָּה וְלִשֲׁכֵנַי ׀ מְאֹד וּפַחַד לִֽמְיֻדָּעָי רֹאַי בַּחוּץ נָדְדוּ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃

mikhal-tzoreray-hayiytiy-cherefah-velishakhenay- -me'od-vfachad-limeyuda'ay-ro'ay-vachvtz-nadedv-mimeniy

KJV: I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.

AKJV: I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.

ASV: I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind:

YLT: I have been forgotten as dead out of mind, I have been as a perishing vessel.

Exposition: Psalms 31:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 31:13

Hebrew

נִשְׁכַּחְתִּי כְּמֵת מִלֵּב הָיִיתִי כִּכְלִי אֹבֵֽד׃

nishekhachetiy-khemet-milev-hayiytiy-khikheliy-'oved

KJV: For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

AKJV: For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

ASV: For I have heard the defaming of many,

YLT: For I have heard an evil account of many, Fear is round about. In their being united against me, To take my life they have devised,

Exposition: Psalms 31:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 31:14

Hebrew

כִּי שָׁמַעְתִּי ׀ דִּבַּת רַבִּים מָגוֹר מִסָּבִיב בְּהִוָּסְדָם יַחַד עָלַי לָקַחַת נַפְשִׁי זָמָֽמוּ׃

khiy-shama'etiy- -divat-raviym-magvor-misaviyv-vehivasedam-yachad-'alay-laqachat-nafeshiy-zamamv

KJV: But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.

AKJV: But I trusted in you, O LORD: I said, You are my God.

ASV: But I trusted in thee, O Jehovah:

YLT: And I on Thee--I have trusted, O Jehovah, I have said, `Thou art my God.'

Exposition: Psalms 31:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 31:15

Hebrew

וַאֲנִי ׀ עָלֶיךָ בָטַחְתִּי יְהוָה אָמַרְתִּי אֱלֹהַי אָֽתָּה׃

va'aniy- -'aleykha-vatachetiy-yehvah-'amaretiy-'elohay-'atah

KJV: My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

AKJV: My times are in your hand: deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from them that persecute me.

ASV: My times are in thy hand:

YLT: In Thy hand are my times, Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from my pursuers.

Exposition: Psalms 31:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 31:16

Hebrew

בְּיָדְךָ עִתֹּתָי הַצִּילֵנִי מִיַּד־אוֹיְבַי וּמֵרֹדְפָֽי׃

veyadekha-'itotay-hatziyleniy-miyad-'voyevay-vmerodefay

KJV: Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’ sake.

AKJV: Make your face to shine on your servant: save me for your mercies’ sake.

ASV: Make thy face to shine upon thy servant:

YLT: Cause Thy face to shine on Thy servant, Save me in Thy kindness.

Exposition: Psalms 31:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’ sake.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 31:17

Hebrew

הָאִירָה פָנֶיךָ עַל־עַבְדֶּךָ הוֹשִׁיעֵנִי בְחַסְדֶּֽךָ׃

ha'iyrah-faneykha-'al-'avedekha-hvoshiy'eniy-vechasedekha

KJV: Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.

AKJV: Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called on you: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.

ASV: Let me not be put to shame, O Jehovah; for I have called upon thee:

YLT: O Jehovah, let me not be ashamed, For I have called Thee, let the wicked be ashamed, Let them become silent to Sheol.

Exposition: Psalms 31:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 31:18

Hebrew

יְֽהוָה אַל־אֵבוֹשָׁה כִּי קְרָאתִיךָ יֵבֹשׁוּ רְשָׁעִים יִדְּמוּ לִשְׁאֽוֹל׃

yehvah-'al-'evvoshah-khiy-qera'tiykha-yevoshv-resha'iym-yidemv-lishe'vol

KJV: Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

AKJV: Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

ASV: Let the lying lips be dumb,

YLT: Let lips of falsehood become dumb, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.

Exposition: Psalms 31:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 31:19

Hebrew

תֵּאָלַמְנָה שִׂפְתֵי שָׁקֶר הַדֹּבְרוֹת עַל־צַדִּיק עָתָק בְּגַאֲוָה וָבֽוּז׃

te'alamenah-shifetey-shaqer-hadovervot-'al-tzadiyq-'ataq-vega'avah-vavvz

KJV: Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!

AKJV: Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for them that fear you; which you have worked for them that trust in you before the sons of men!

ASV: Oh how great is thy goodness,

YLT: How abundant is Thy goodness, That Thou hast laid up for those fearing Thee,

Exposition: Psalms 31:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 31:20

Hebrew

מָה רַֽב־טוּבְךָ אֲשֶׁר־צָפַנְתָּ לִּֽירֵאֶיךָ פָּעַלְתָּ לַחֹסִים בָּךְ נֶגֶד בְּנֵי אָדָם׃

mah-rav-tvvekha-'asher-tzafaneta-liyre'eykha-fa'aleta-lachosiym-vakhe-neged-veney-'adam

KJV: Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

AKJV: You shall hide them in the secret of your presence from the pride of man: you shall keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

ASV: In the covert of thy presence wilt thou hide them from the plottings of man:

YLT: Thou hast wrought for those trusting in Thee, Before sons of men. Thou hidest them in the secret place of Thy presence, From artifices of man, Thou concealest them in a tabernacle, From the strife of tongues.

Exposition: Psalms 31:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 31:21

Hebrew

תַּסְתִּירֵם ׀ בְּסֵתֶר פָּנֶיךָ מֵֽרֻכְסֵי אִישׁ תִּצְפְּנֵם בְּסֻכָּה מֵרִיב לְשֹׁנֽוֹת׃

tasetiyrem- -veseter-faneykha-merukhesey-'iysh-titzefenem-vesukhah-meriyv-leshonvot

KJV: Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.

AKJV: Blessed be the LORD: for he has showed me his marvelous kindness in a strong city.

ASV: Blessed be Jehovah;

YLT: Blessed is Jehovah, For He hath made marvellous His kindness To me in a city of bulwarks.

Exposition: Psalms 31:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 31:22

Hebrew

בָּרוּךְ יְהוָה כִּי הִפְלִיא חַסְדּוֹ לִי בְּעִיר מָצֽוֹר׃

varvkhe-yehvah-khiy-hifeliy'-chasedvo-liy-ve'iyr-matzvor

KJV: For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.

AKJV: For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before your eyes: nevertheless you heard the voice of my supplications when I cried to you.

ASV: As for me, I said in my haste,

YLT: And I--I have said in my haste, `I have been cut off from before Thine eyes,' But Thou hast heard the voice of my supplications, In my crying unto Thee.

Exposition: Psalms 31:22 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 31:23

Hebrew

וַאֲנִי ׀ אָמַרְתִּי בְחָפְזִי נִגְרַזְתִּי מִנֶּגֶד עֵינֶיךָ אָכֵן שָׁמַעְתָּ קוֹל תַּחֲנוּנַי בְּשַׁוְּעִי אֵלֶֽיךָ׃

va'aniy- -'amaretiy-vechafeziy-nigerazetiy-mineged-'eyneykha-'akhen-shama'eta-qvol-tachanvnay-veshave'iy-'eleykha

KJV: O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.

AKJV: O love the LORD, all you his saints: for the LORD preserves the faithful, and plentifully rewards the proud doer.

ASV: Oh love Jehovah, all ye his saints:

YLT: Love Jehovah, all ye His saints, Jehovah is keeping the faithful, And recompensing abundantly a proud doer.

Exposition: Psalms 31:23 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 31:24

Hebrew

אֽ͏ֶהֱבוּ אֶת־יְהוָה כָּֽל־חֲסִידָיו אֱמוּנִים נֹצֵר יְהוָה וּמְשַׁלֵּם עַל־יֶתֶר עֹשֵׂה גַאֲוָֽה׃

'ehevv-'et-yehvah-khal-chasiydayv-'emvniym-notzer-yehvah-vmeshalem-'al-yeter-'osheh-ga'avah

KJV: Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.

AKJV: Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all you that hope in the LORD.

ASV: Be strong, and let your heart take courage,

YLT: Be strong, and He strengtheneth your heart, All ye who are waiting for Jehovah!

Exposition: Psalms 31:24 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.