IiNdumiso 56:3

Izhibhalo Ezingcwele

3 Mhlana ndinxunguphalayo mna, Ndokholosa ngawe.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 34:4, Psalms 55:4, Psalms 55:5, 1 Samuel 21:10, 1 Samuel 21:12, 1 Samuel 30:6, 2 Chronicles 20:3, 2 Corinthians 1:8-10, 2 Corinthians 7:5, 2 Corinthians 7:6

Reciprocal: Nehemiah 6:9 - Now therefore Psalms 9:2 - O thou Psalms 27:13 - fainted Psalms 28:7 - heart Psalms 31:14 - Thou Psalms 42:5 - hope Psalms 112:7 - shall not Proverbs 18:10 - the righteous John 14:27 - afraid 2 Corinthians 4:8 - yet Ephesians 6:16 - the shield 1 Peter 5:7 - Casting

Gill's Notes on the Bible

What time I am afraid,.... It was a time of fear with him now; he was afraid of Achish king of Gath, 1 Samuel 21:12; so believers have their times of fear; about their interest in the love, and grace, and covenant of God; about their sins and corruptions, and the prevalence of them, fearing they shall perish by them; and about their enemies, who are many, lively, and strong;

I will trust in thee; trust and confidence in the Lord is the best antidote against fears; who is unchangeable in his love, in whom is everlasting strength, and who is faithful and true to every word of promise; and therefore there is great reason to trust in him, and not be afraid.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

What time I am afraid - literally, “the day I am afraid.” David did not hesitate to admit that there were times when he was afraid. He saw himself to be in danger, and he had apprehensions as to the result. There is a natural fear of danger and of death; a fear implanted in us:

(a) to make us cautious, and

(b) to induce us to put our trust in God as a Preserver and Friend.

Our very nature - our physical constitution - is full of arrangements most skillfully adjusted, and most wisely planted there, to lead us to God as our Protector. Fear is one of these things, designed to make us feel that we “need” a God, and to lead us to him when we realize that we have no power to save ourselves from impending dangers.

I will trust in thee - As one that is able to save, and one that will order all things as they should be ordered. It is only this that can make the mind calm in the midst of danger:

(a) the feeling that God can protect us and save us from danger, and that he “will” protect us if he sees fit;

(b) the feeling that whatever may be the result, whether life or death, it will be such as God sees to be best - if “life,” that we may be useful, and glorify his name yet upon the earth; if “death,” that it will occur not because he had not “power” to interpose and save, but because there were good and sufficient reasons why he should “not” put forth his power on that occasion and rescue us.

Of this we may be, however, assured, that God has “power” to deliver us always, and that if not delivered from calamity it is not because he is inattentive, or has not power. And of this higher truth also we may be assured always, that he has power to save us from that which we have most occasion to fear - a dreadful hell. It is a good maxim with which to go into a world of danger; a good maxim to go to sea with; a good maxim in a storm; a good maxim when in danger on the land; a good maxim when we are sick; a good maxim when we think of death and the judgment - “What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.”