Psalms 31 · Verse 8

Psalms 31:8

And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
Psalms 31:8, King James Version

Psalms 31:8 in other translations

BSBYou have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.
WEBYou have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy. You have set my feet in a large place.
ASVAnd thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; Thou hast set my feet in a large place.
YLTAnd Thou hast not shut me up, Into the hand of an enemy, Thou hast caused my feet to stand in a broad place.
DARBYAnd hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large place.
BBEAnd you have not given me into the hand of my hater; you have put my feet in a wide place.
WebsterAnd hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my foot in a large room.

What does Psalms 31:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. shut me up ... enemy--abandon to (1Sa 23:11). large room--place of safety (compare Psa 18:19).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 Thou hast set my foot in a large room - Many hair-breadth escapes David had for his life; at that time especially when, playing before Saul, the furious king took a spear and endeavored to pierce him through the body, but he escaped and got to the deserts. Here God, who had saved his life, set his feet in a large room. The seventh and eighth verses speak of what God had done previously for him.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 31:1-8

Faith and prayer must go together, for the prayer of faith is the prevailing prayer. David gave up his soul in a special manner to God. And with the words, ver. 5, our Lord Jesus yielded up his last breath on the cross, and made his soul a free-will offering for sin, laying down his life as a ransom. But David is here as a man in distress and trouble. And his great care is about his soul, his spirit, his better…

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Psalms 31:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808
הִ֭סְגַּרְתַּנִיHis.gar.ta.niyou delivered up meH5462
בְּיַד\־be.yad-in [the] hand ofH3027
אוֹיֵ֑ב'o.Yevan enemyH341
הֶֽעֱמַ֖דְתָּhe.'e.Mad.tayou made standH5975
בַמֶּרְחָ֣בva.mer.Chavin <the> roomy placeH4800
רַגְלָֽי\׃rag.Laifeet myH7272

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 31:8

  • Job 36:16

    Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.

  • Psalms 18:19

    He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

  • Psalms 4:1

    To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

  • Deuteronomy 32:30

    How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the Lord had shut them up?

  • 1 Samuel 17:46

    This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.

  • 1 Samuel 24:18

    And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the Lord had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not.

  • Psalms 88:8

    Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

  • Job 16:11

    God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

  • Isaiah 19:4

    And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts.

  • 1 Samuel 26:8

    Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
shut me.
88:8; De 32:30; 1Sa 17:46; 24:18; 26:8; Job 16:11; Isa 19:4; *marg:
set.
4:1; 18:19; Job 36:16

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Context

  • Psalms 31:7

    I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;

  • Psalms 31:8

    And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.

  • Psalms 31:9

    Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.

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Psalms 31:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y no me encerraste en mano del enemigo; hiciste estar mis pies en anchura.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Je m’égaierai, et je me réjouirai en ta bonté; car tu as regardé mon affliction, tu as connu les détresses de mon âme;
German
Elberfelder 1871		und hast mich nicht überliefert in die Hand des Feindes, hast in weiten Raum gestellt meine Füße.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Intellectum tibi dabo, et instruam te in via hac qua gradieris; firmabo super te oculos meos.