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a Cry out of Deep Trouble
Psa 31:1-13
Some have supposed that this psalm was written during the Sauline persecutions; but it is more likely that it dates from Absalom’s rebellion. It alternates between the depths of despondency and the heights of sublime faith, and well befits those who walk in darkness and have no light, Isa 50:10.
It sounds as if the soul were on a wind-swept moor, with no shelter from the storm. All is dark and wild; and it dreads to be caught in the entangling net, Psa 31:4. What a magnificent prayer is that of Psa 31:5! It supplied their last words to Stephen, Polycarp, Bernard, Hus, Luther, Melanchthon-above all, to our Lord, Luk 23:46; Act 7:59. The Psalter was our Lord’s prayer book. This verse is a suitable petition also, as we go forth into the unknown day, 2Ti 1:12.
Sin, slander, neglect make the heart break; but God is all-sufficient. Hide in Him; that life is safe which is God-encompassed. “Hid with Christ in God!” Col 3:1-4.