Psalm 31:15

Translations

Modern

My times are in Your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.

Traditional

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

Literal

In Your hand are my times; deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those pursuing me.

Latin

…in manibus tuis sortes meæ: eripe me de manu inimicorum meorum, et a persequentibus me.

Original

Hebrew

English

My times are in Your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.

Notes

Psalms 31:15

My times are in Your hands: To give up control of timing is one way to express submission.

Psalms 31:14–18

Hope does not trust weak and unreliable human beings. It trusts only in the Lord. The suffering person places his life in God’s hands while he waits for the Lord to bring justice.

Psalms 31:1–24

The psalmist urges the faithful to seek safety in the Lord and wait for his salvation. After experiencing something like death, he shares how the Lord remained faithful. This psalm points ahead to the suffering of Jesus (Luke 23:46).

Theme notes and profiles

David God’s Presence in the Psalms Salvation in the Psalms Wisdom Psalms

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Acts 1:7
Jesus replied, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by His own authority.
Ecclesiastes 3:1–8
To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
John 17:1
When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You.
John 7:6
Therefore Jesus told them, “Although your time is always at hand, My time has not yet come.
Psalm 142:6
Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.
Job 24:1
“Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why may those who know Him never see His days?
Psalm 17:8–9
Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings
Psalm 143:3
For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.
Psalm 143:9
Deliver me from my enemies, O LORD; I flee to You for refuge.
2 Timothy 4:6
For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand.
2 Samuel 7:12
And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
Psalm 17:13
Arise, O LORD, confront them! Bring them to their knees; deliver me from the wicked by Your sword,

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