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Psalms 31:24
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Be strong, and let your heart be courageous,all you who put your hope in the Lord.
Be strong, and let your heart take courage, All you who hope in the LORD.
Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord .
Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord !
All you who put your hope in the Lord be strong and brave.
Be strong and confident, all you who wait on the Lord !
Be strong and let your hearts take courage, All you who wait for and confidently expect the LORD.
Be strong and let your heart take courage, All you who wait for the LORD.
Be strong, and let your heart take courage, All you who hope in Yahweh.
All ye that trust in the Lorde, be strong, and he shall establish your heart.
Be strong and let your heart take courage,All you who wait for Yahweh.
Be strong and courageous, all you who hope in the LORD.
All who trust the Lord , be cheerful and strong.
Love Adonai , you faithful of his. Adonai preserves the loyal, but the proud he repays in full. Be strong, and fill your hearts with courage, all of you who hope in Adonai .
Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all ye that hope in Jehovah.
Be strong and brave, all of you who are waiting for the Lord 's help.
Be of good courage and he shall strengthen your heart, all you that trust in the LORD.
Be strong, be courageous, all you that hope in the Lord .
Be strong and let your heart show strength, all you who wait for Yahweh.
Be strong, and He will make your heart stronger, all you who hope in Jehovah.
Neuertheles, thou herdest myne humble prayer, when I cried vnto the. O loue the LORDE (all ye his sayntes) for the LORDE preserueth the faithfull, and plenteously rewardeth he the proude doer. Be stroge therfore & take a good herte vnto you, all ye that put youre trust in the LORDE.
Be strong, and let your heart take courage, All ye that hope in Jehovah.
Put away fear and let your heart be strong, all you whose hope is in the Lord.
O love the LORD, all ye His godly ones; Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all ye that wait for the LORD.
Be of good courage, and hee shall strenghten your heart: all ye that hope in the Lord.
All ye that put your trust in God be ye of a good courage: and he wyll comfort your heart.
Be of good courage, and let your heart be strengthened, all ye that hope in the Lord.
Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all ye that hope in the LORD.
Alle ye that hopen in the Lord, do manli; and youre herte be coumfortid.
Be strong, and let your heart take courage, All you that hope in Yahweh.
Be of good courage, and he will strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.
Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart, All you who hope in the LORD.
So be strong and courageous, all you who put your hope in the Lord !
Be strong. Be strong in heart, all you who hope in the Lord.
Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord .
Be strong, and let your heart be bold, all ye who are waiting for Yahweh.
(30-25) Do ye manfully, and let your heart be strengthened, all ye that hope in the Lord.
Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the LORD!
Be strong, and He strengtheneth your heart, All ye who are waiting for Jehovah!
Be strong and let your heart take courage, All you who hope in the Lord .
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Be of: Psalms 27:14, Isaiah 35:3, Isaiah 35:4, Luke 22:31, Luke 22:32, Hebrews 12:12, Hebrews 12:13, James 5:10, James 5:11
shall: Psalms 29:11, Psalms 138:3, Colossians 1:11
all ye: Psalms 146:5, Romans 15:12, Romans 15:13, 1 Peter 1:21
Reciprocal: Psalms 112:8 - heart Lamentations 3:24 - therefore
Cross-References
Laban and Bethuel answered, "This is totally from God . We have no say in the matter, either yes or no. Rebekah is yours: Take her and go; let her be the wife of your master's son, as God has made plain."
So Isaac sent Jacob off. He went to Paddan Aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah who was the mother of Jacob and Esau.
"Once, while the flocks were mating, I had a dream and saw the billy goats, all of them streaked, speckled, and mottled, mounting their mates. In the dream an angel of God called out to me, ‘Jacob!' "I said, ‘Yes?'
Rachel and Leah said, "Has he treated us any better? Aren't we treated worse than outsiders? All he wanted was the money he got from selling us, and he's spent all that. Any wealth that God has seen fit to return to us from our father is justly ours and our children's. Go ahead. Do what God told you."
Jacob did it. He put his children and his wives on camels and gathered all his livestock and everything he had gotten, everything acquired in Paddan Aram, to go back home to his father Isaac in the land of Canaan.
As time went on, it happened that the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt crossed their master, the king of Egypt. Pharaoh was furious with his two officials, the head cupbearer and the head baker, and put them in custody under the captain of the guard; it was the same jail where Joseph was held. The captain of the guard assigned Joseph to see to their needs. After they had been in custody for a while, the king's cupbearer and baker, while being held in the jail, both had a dream on the same night, each dream having its own meaning. When Joseph arrived in the morning, he noticed that they were feeling low. So he asked them, the two officials of Pharaoh who had been thrown into jail with him, "What's wrong? Why the long faces?" They said, "We dreamed dreams and there's no one to interpret them." Joseph said, "Don't interpretations come from God? Tell me the dreams." First the head cupbearer told his dream to Joseph: "In my dream there was a vine in front of me with three branches on it: It budded, blossomed, and the clusters ripened into grapes. I was holding Pharaoh's cup; I took the grapes, squeezed them into Pharaoh's cup, and gave the cup to Pharaoh." Joseph said, "Here's the meaning. The three branches are three days. Within three days, Pharaoh will get you out of here and put you back to your old work—you'll be giving Pharaoh his cup just as you used to do when you were his cupbearer. Only remember me when things are going well with you again—tell Pharaoh about me and get me out of this place. I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews. And since I've been here, I've done nothing to deserve being put in this hole." When the head baker saw how well Joseph's interpretation turned out, he spoke up: "My dream went like this: I saw three wicker baskets on my head; the top basket had assorted pastries from the bakery and birds were picking at them from the basket on my head." Joseph said, "This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days; within three days Pharaoh will take off your head, impale you on a post, and the birds will pick your bones clean." And sure enough, on the third day it was Pharaoh's birthday and he threw a feast for all his servants. He set the head cupbearer and the head baker in places of honor in the presence of all the guests. Then he restored the head cupbearer to his cupbearing post; he handed Pharaoh his cup just as before. And then he impaled the head baker on a post, following Joseph's interpretations exactly. But the head cupbearer never gave Joseph another thought; he forgot all about him.
Two years passed and Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing by the Nile River. Seven cows came up out of the Nile, all shimmering with health, and grazed on the marsh grass. Then seven other cows, all skin and bones, came up out of the river after them and stood by them on the bank of the Nile. The skinny cows ate the seven healthy cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.
God came to Balaam that night and said, "Since these men have come all this way to see you, go ahead and go with them. But make sure you do absolutely nothing other than what I tell you."
God 's angel blocked the way yet again—a very narrow passage this time; there was no getting through on the right or left. Seeing the angel, Balaam's donkey sat down under him. Balaam lost his temper; he beat the donkey with his stick.
Are you going to repeat the life of your ancestor Jacob? He ran off guilty to Aram, Then sold his soul to get ahead, and made it big through treachery and deceit. Your real identity is formed through God-sent prophets, who led you out of Egypt and served as faithful pastors. As it is, Ephraim has continually and inexcusably insulted God. Now he has to pay for his life-destroying ways. His Master will do to him what he has done.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart,....
:-; by this instance of God's wonderful kindness to the psalmist, he would have the saints take heart, and be of good cheer, even in the greatest distresses, since their case cannot be worse than his was; and yet he had deliverance out of it;
all ye that hope in the Lord; for the eye of the Lord is on such, and he takes delight in them, Psalms 33:18. The Targum is, "who hope for", or "trust in the word of the Lord"; the essential Word, the promised Messiah.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Be of good courage - See a similar exhortation at the close of a psalm, in Psalms 27:14. Compare the notes at that verse. As the result of all his own experience of the goodness of God, and of His gracious interposition in the time of danger, the psalmist exhorts others to be encouraged, and to feel assured that God would not leave or forsake them.
And he shall strengthen your heart - He will animate you; he will enable you to meet trial and opposition; he will keep you from becoming faint and disheartened.
All ye that hope in the Lord - All that put their trust in him, or all whose expectation is from him. It is a characteristic of true piety that all hope centers in God, or that the soul feels that there is no other ground of hope.
(a) The truly pious man despairs of success in anything else, or from any other quarter, for he feels that God alone can give success.
(b) He does hope in God - in reference to all that is needful for himself as an individual; all that will be for the good of his family; all that will tend to bless the world; all that he desires in heaven. Hope in God cheers him, sustains him, comforts him; makes life happy and prosperous; and makes death calm, serene, triumphant.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 31:24. Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart — In 1 Corinthians 16:13, St. Paul says, "Watch ye, stand fast in the faith; quit you like men; be strong:" Γρηγορειτε, στηκετε εν τῃ πιστει, ανδριζεσθε, κραταιουσθε. The latter words he seems to have borrowed from the Septuagint, who translate, "Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart," by Ανδριζεσθε και κραταιουσθω ἡ καρδια ὑμων "Act like men, and your hearts shall be strengthened."
They that hope in God, and are endeavouring to walk carefully before him, may take courage at all times, and expect the fulness of the blessing of the Gospel of peace.
ANALYSIS OF THE THIRTY-FIRST PSALM
This Psalm is composed and mixed of divers affections; for David sometimes prays, sometimes gives thanks; now he complains, now he hopes; at one time fears, at another exults. This vicissitude of affection is six-fold, and it may very well divide the Psalm.
I. With great confidence he prays to God; Psalms 31:1-6.
II. He exults for mercy and help received; Psalms 31:7; Psalms 31:8.
III. He grievously complains of the misery he was in; Psalms 31:9-14.
IV. He prays again, upon the strength of God's goodness; Psalms 31:15-18.
V. He admires, exults in, and proclaims God's goodness, Psalms 31:19-22.
VI. He exhorts others to love God, and be courageous; Psalms 31:23-24.
I. In the six first verses he prays to God, and shows his reasons: -
1. That he be never ashamed in his hope: "Let me never be ashamed."
2. That he be delivered, "speedily delivered."
3. That God would be "his rock, and a house of defence, to save him."
4. That God would lead and guide him: "Lead me, and guide me."
5. That God would "pull his feet out of the net which they had laid for him."
The reasons on which he founds his prayer and expectations: -
1. His faith and confidence: "In thee, O Lord I put my trust."
2. The reason of his faith: "Thou art my ROCK and FORTRESS."
3. His deliverance would be to the honour of God: "For thy name's sake."
4. Thou art my strength; exert it in my behalf.
5. I rely upon thee: "Into thy hands I commit my spirit."
6. I expect thee to do for me as thou hast ever done: "Thou hast redeemed me."
7. I rely on thee alone, I seek no vain helps: "I have hated them that regard lying vanities; but I trust in the Lord."
His petition and his reasons are in effect the same; his confidence in God to be his Deliverer, Fortress, Rock, Redeemer, c.
II. He exults for mercy and help already received, and by the experience of that, doubts the less in this: "I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy." And his reason follows from his experience: 1. "For thou hast considered my trouble." 2. "Thou hast known my soul in adversity." 3. "Thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy." 4. But "hast set my feet in a large room."
III. He prays, and grievously complains of what he suffered within and without.
1. He prays: "Have mercy upon me, O Lord."
2. Then he complains, and his complaint shows the reason of his prayer.
1. Within - at home, he was in a distressed state: "I am in trouble my eye is consumed with grief; my years with sighing; my strength faileth; my bones are consumed."
2. Without - I have no comfort either from friends or enemies.
1. "I was a reproach among all my enemies."
2. My friends stand afar off: "I was a reproach, especially among my neighbours." "A fear to my acquaintance." "They that did see me without fled from me."
3. He shows the greatness of his grief, and the scorn he endured: "I am forgotten as a dead man;" "I am as a broken vessel," vile and useless.
4. I am mocked by the people: "I have heard the slander of many."
5. And the consequence was mischievous. 1. "Fear is on every side." 2. While they conspired, or "took counsel against my life." 3. And their counsel was, "to take away my life." What more could my enemies do, or my friends permit?
IV. After his complaint he comforts himself with his chief reason, the goodness of God. I have trusted in thee, O Lord, and said, Thou art my God. Let them conspire, take counsel, and devise what they can; yet I know, except thou permit them, they are not able to do it. "My times are in thy hand," not in theirs.
He then begins to pray again, and his prayer consists of three parts: 1. Deprecation. 2. Supplication. 3. Imprecation.
1. A deprecation: "Deliver me from the hands of my enemies," c.
2. A supplication: "Make thy face to shine upon thy servant save me." "Let me not be ashamed, for I have called upon thee."
3. An imprecation: 1. "Let the wicked be ashamed, and be silent in the grave." 2. "Let the lying lips be put to silence, which speak grievous things," c.
In this imprecation four arguments are used to enforce it: -
1. The quality of their persons: "They are wicked, impious men."
2. There is no truth in them: "They have lying lips." 1. Their words are false. 2. Their actions are worse: They speak grievous things, and that against the righteous. 3. But their intention is worst of all, for they do it proudly, contemptuously, disdainfully, despitefully all proceeding from a bad heart.
V. In the fifth part he sets out the abundant goodness of the Lord to his people, and exclaims, in holy rapture, "O 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!"
This goodness of God is always treasured up and to be had at all times. But observe: 1. It is laid up for none, nor wrought for any one, but them that fear the Lord. 2. And for those who put their trust in him, and acknowledge him, his cause, his people, and his cross, before the sons of men. And the acts of his goodness are here specified: -
1. "Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man."
2. "Thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues." Upon which consideration he breaks out into praise: 1. "Blessed be the Lord, for he hath showed me his marvellous kindness." 2. He corrects his error, and former mistake: "I said in my haste, (rashly, imprudently,) I am cut off from before thine eyes; nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplication."
VI. The last part is an exhortation to the saints: 1. That they love God. 2. That they be of good courage; for he was the same God still, and would be as good to others as he was to him.
1. That they love God, and that for two reasons: - 1. Because the "Lord preserveth the faithful." This is his mercy. 2. That he "plentifully rewardeth the proud doer." This is his justice.
2. That they be of good courage; for then "he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord." They were not to despair, but keep their hearts firmly fixed in the profession of the truth, which would be a seal of their hope.
