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Commentaries and Other Bible Study Helps - Prayer Tents - Prayer Tents
31:3-8 You Have Always Kept Me Safe in the Past. The psalm recounts previous experiences of calling for help in time of trouble. God has shown himself a reliable deliverer; thus the singer expects always to rejoice and be glad (v. 7).
31:5 Into your hand I commit my spirit. Jesus uses these words on the cross (Luke 23:46); he dies as the innocent sufferer, trusting in God for vindication (cf. note on Psalm 22). On redeemed, see note on 25:22.
31:6 I hate. A strong term, stressing the decisive way in which the faithful reject all sympathy with the wicked. It is possible for God to "hate" those who oppose him (5:5; 11:5), and at the same time to be "good" (or kind) to all (145:9); therefore, it must be desirable for the faithful to do the same.
