Psalms 31:15
13 For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
14 But I trust in You, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.”
My times are in Your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.
16 Make Your face shine on Your servant; save me by Your loving devotion.
17 O LORD, let me not be ashamed, for I have called on You. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them lie silent in Sheol.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- My times are in Your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.
- KJV
- My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
- WEB
- My times are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.
- ASV
- My times are in thy hand: Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
- DARBY
- My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from my persecutors.
- BLB
- In Your hand [are] my times; deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those pursuing me.
- ÅB
- I din hånd er livsløpet mitt[^1];
redd meg fra fiendenes hånd
og fra dem som forfølger meg! - OTB
- Mine tider er i din hånd;
Fri meg fra grepet til mine fiender og fra dem som forfølger meg. - B1930
- I din hånd er mine tider; redd mig av mine fienders hånd og fra mine forfølgere! / < 1KR 29, 30. SLM 139, 16.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 1:7
Jesus replied, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by His own authority.
Read in contextJohn 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.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 3:1–8
To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
Read in contextJohn 7:6
Therefore Jesus told them, “Although your time is always at hand, My time has not yet come.
Read in contextPsalms 142:6
Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.
Read in contextJob 24:1
“Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why may those who know Him never see His days?
Read in contextPsalms 17:8–9
Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings
Read in contextPsalms 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.
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