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Psalms 31:21
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Blessed be the Lord,for he has wondrously shown his faithful love to mein a city under siege.
Praise be to the LORD, For he has shown me his marvelous lovingkindness in a strong city.
Blessed be the Lord : for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.
Blessed be the Lord , for he has wondrously shown his steadfast love to me when I was in a besieged city.
Praise the Lord . His love to me was wonderful when my city was attacked.
The Lord deserves praise for he demonstrated his amazing faithfulness to me when I was besieged by enemies.
Blessed be the LORD, For He has shown His marvelous favor and lovingkindness to me [when I was assailed] in a besieged city.
Blessed be the LORD, For He has shown His marvelous faithfulness to me in a besieged city.
Praise be to Yahweh, For he has shown me his marvelous lovingkindness in a strong city.
Blessed be the Lorde: for hee hath shewed his marueilous kindenesse toward me in a strong citie.
Blessed be Yahweh,For He has made marvelous His lovingkindness to me in a besieged city.
Blessed be the LORD, for He has shown me His loving devotion in a city under siege.
I will praise you, Lord , for showing great kindness when I was like a city under attack.
In the shelter of your presence you hide them from human plots, you conceal them in your shelter, safe from contentious tongues.
Blessed be Jehovah; for he hath shewn me wondrously his loving-kindness in a strong city.
Praise the Lord , because he showed me how wonderful his faithful love is when the city was surrounded by enemies.
Blessed be the LORD, for he has elected for himself the chosen ones in a strong city?
Praise the Lord ! How wonderfully he showed his love for me when I was surrounded and attacked!
Blessed is Yahweh, because he has worked marvelously his loyal love to me in a besieged city.
Blessed be Jehovah, for He has worked His mercy wondrously to me in a besieged city.
O how greate and manifolde is thy good, which thou haist hyd for them that feare ye? O what thinges bringest thou to passe for them, that put their trust in the, euen before the sonnes of men?
Blessed be Jehovah; For he hath showed me his marvellous lovingkindness in a strong city.
May the Lord be praised, because he has made clear to me the wonder of his grace in a strong town.
Thou hidest them in the covert of Thy presence from the plottings of man;
Blessed be the Lord; for hee hath shewed me his maruellous kindnesse, in a strong citie.
Blessed be God: for he hath shewed me marueylous great kindnes in a strong citie.
Blessed be the Lord: for he has magnified his mercy in a fortified city.
Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvelous lovingkindness in a strong city.
Blessid be the Lord; for he hath maad wondurful his merci to me in a strengthid citee.
Blessed be Yahweh; For he has shown me his marvelous loving-kindness in a strong city.
Blessed [be] the LORD: for he hath showed me his wonderful kindness in a strong city.
Praise the Lord , for he has shown me the wonders of his unfailing love. He kept me safe when my city was under attack.
Honor and thanks be to the Lord. For He has shown His great loving-favor to me when I was in a city with armies all around.
Blessed be the Lord , for he has wondrously shown his steadfast love to me when I was beset as a city under siege.
Blessed be Yahweh, for he hath made wonderful his lovingkindness for me, in a fortified city.
(30-22) Blessed be the Lord, for he hath shewn his wonderful mercy to me in a fortified city.
Blessed be the LORD, for he has wondrously shown his steadfast love to me when I was beset as in a besieged city.
Blessed [is] Jehovah, For He hath made marvellous His kindness To me in a city of bulwarks.
Blessed be the Lord , For He has made marvelous His lovingkindness to me in a besieged city.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
marvellous: Psalms 17:7, Psalms 98:1, Psalms 118:23, 1 Peter 2:9
strong city: or, fenced city, 1 Samuel 23:7-13, Jeremiah 1:18
Reciprocal: Psalms 28:6 - General Isaiah 26:1 - salvation
Cross-References
The name of the third river is Hiddekel; [fn] it is the one which goes toward the east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.
On the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying: "To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates--
And Jacob saw the countenance of Laban, and indeed it was not favorable toward him as before.
Then the LORD said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers and to your family, and I will be with you."
If he said thus: "The speckled shall be your wages,' then all the flocks bore speckled. And if he said thus: "The streaked shall be your wages,' then all the flocks bore streaked.
So God has taken away the livestock of your father and given them to me.
Then he took his brethren with him and pursued him for seven days' journey, and he overtook him in the mountains of Gilead.
Then Laban said to Jacob, "Here is this heap and here is this pillar, which I have placed between you and me.
The God of Abraham, the God of Nahor, and the God of their father judge between us." And Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.
And they sat down to eat a meal. Then they lifted their eyes and looked, and there was a company of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead with their camels, bearing spices, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry them down to Egypt.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Blessed [be] the Lord,.... A form of thanksgiving, in which the psalmist calls upon himself and others to bless and praise the Lord for the singular mercy granted him, expressed in the next clause;
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for he hath showed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city; either in the city Keilah, so Jarchi; a city which had gates and bars, where Saul thought he had David safe, and he could not escape his hands; but notwithstanding that, and though the inhabitants of that place intended to deliver him up, yet he was marvellously saved; as he also was from the Ziphites; and when Saul and his army had encompassed him about, by a surprising incident, a messenger coming to Saul just as he was about to seize him, informing him that the Philistines had invaded the land,
1 Samuel 23:7. Or the city of Jerusalem, which was fortified both by nature and art, whither he was brought and placed as king, and enjoyed rest from all his enemies round about him, 2 Samuel 5:6. Or this may spiritually design the church of God, which is called a strong city, being built on Christ the Rock, and having salvation for walls and bulwarks, Isaiah 26:1: where the Lord displays his banner of love, makes discoveries of his marvellous kindness, and commands his blessing for evermore. Some render it "as in a strong city" g, and take the sense to be, that he was safe, through the kindness of God showed to him in the salvation of him, as if he was in a fortified city h, and this was marvellous in his eyes, as every instance of providential goodness is to the people of God; especially his lovingkindness showed in spiritual things, in choosing them in Christ, saving them by him, regenerating them by his Spirit, and taking them into his family; which love is free and sovereign, distinguishing, unchangeable, from everlasting to everlasting; and so wonderful and astonishing; and which was hid in God until revealed; and sometimes the manifestations of it are withdrawn, and then it is showed again, and fresh discoveries of it are made, and effects of it applied, and the blessings of it bestowed, which occasion thankfulness.
g בעיר מצור "ut in civitate munita", Junius Tremellius, Piscator Michaelis. h Aben Ezra, Kimchi, & Ben Melech in loc.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Blessed be the Lord - An expression of thanksgiving for the evidence that God had heard him in his troubles, and had answered him.
For he hath showed me his marvelous kindness - literally, “He has made his mercy wonderful;” that is, he has showed me such mercy as to be an object of admiration and astonishment. It was not ordinary kindness, such as is shown to people every day; it was so uncommon - so far beyond all expectation - so separate from second causes and the agency of man - so marked in its character - as to fill the mind with wonder.
In a strong city - Margin, “fenced city.” This may mean either that he had thus placed him literally in a strongly fortified city where he was safe from the fear of his enemies; or, that he had interposed in his behalf, and had given him protection as if he had brought him into such a strongly fortified place. Jarchi supposes that the city of “Keilah” 1 Samuel 23:7 is here intended. But this is improbable. All that the passage necessarily implies is, that God had given him protection as if he had been placed in a strongly fortified town where he would be safe from danger.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 31:21. In a strong city. — If this Psalm was written by David, this must refer to his taking refuge with Achish, king of Gath, who gave him Ziklag, a fortified city, to secure himself and followers in. See 1 Samuel 27:6. This is more likely than that it was Keilah, where he only had intimation of the traitorous design of the inhabitants to deliver him up to Saul; so that the place was no refuge to him, howsoever fortified. Perhaps the passage may mean that, under the protection of God, he was as safe as if he had been in a fortified city.
