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Psalms 31 — Into Thine Hand I Commit My Spirit

Summary

In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed. Bow down thine ear to me. Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth. I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind. Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee. Blessed be the Lord: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness. Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.

Key verse

“Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.”

— Psalm 31:5

Outline
  1. v.1-8 Trust in the Lord
  2. v.9-18 In great distress
  3. v.19-24 Goodness laid up
Verse-by-verse
5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.

Christ's last word from the cross (Luke 23:46). Jesus took David's prayer as His own dying breath.

A model for every Christian death. The believer says these words at the end; some have said them before they died.

24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.

Be of good courage. A command, not a feeling. The heart's strengthening follows the obedient courage.

A verse for the discouraged. Take courage; the strengthening follows.

Cross-references Joshua 1:9 · Psalm 27:14 · Philippians 4:13 · Isaiah 41:10
Key doctrines
Committing the Spirit Into God's Hand
Psalm 31:5 · Luke 23:46 · Acts 7:59
Courage Producing Heart-Strengthening
Psalm 31:24 · Joshua 1:9 · Psalm 27:14
Application

Verse 5 should be carried into your dying day. Christ prayed it; Stephen prayed it; you can too. Pray it nightly as a small foretaste.

Christ in this chapter

Christ's last word came from this psalm. The whole chapter's confidence in the God of truth was His final confession.

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