Psalms 31:8

6 I hate those who cling to worthless idols, but in the LORD I trust.

7 I will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion, for You have seen my affliction; You have known the anguish of my soul.

You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.

9 Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.

10 For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.
KJV
And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
WEB
You have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy. You have set my feet in a large place.
ASV
And thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; Thou hast set my feet in a large place.
DARBY
And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large place.
BLB
And You did not shut me up in the hand of the enemy, You set my feet on a broad place.
ÅB
du har ikke overgitt meg i fiendehånd,
du har satt føttene mine på et rommelig sted.
OTB
Og du har ikke overgitt meg i fiendens hånd;
Du har satt mine føtter på et stort sted.
B1930
du har ikke overgitt mig i fiendehånd, du har satt mine føtter på et rummelig sted.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Job 36:16

    Indeed, He drew you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and broad place, to a table full of richness.

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  • Psalms 18:19

    He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.

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  • Psalms 4:1

    Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved my distress; show me grace and hear my prayer.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:30

    How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?

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  • 1 Samuel 17:46

    This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.

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  • 1 Samuel 24:18

    And you have shown this day how well you have dealt with me; for when the LORD delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me.

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  • Psalms 88:8

    You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.

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  • Job 16:11

    God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.

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