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My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
Psalms 31:15 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB My times are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.
  • BSB My times are in Your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.
  • NKJV My times are in Your hand; Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from those who persecute me.
  • NASB My times are in Your hand; Rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from those who persecute me.
  • NLT My future is in your hands. Rescue me from those who hunt me down relentlessly.

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Quick answer

David affirms that his times are in God's hand and asks for deliverance from his enemies. It rests his whole life under God's sovereign care.

Overview

Declaring 'my times are in your hand' surrenders the timing and course of his life to God's control. This confidence frees him to ask boldly for rescue. Knowing our days are held by a sovereign, loving God gives peace in the face of persecution.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 24

  • Acts 1:7And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
  • John 17:1These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
  • Eccl 3:1–8To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
  • John 7:6Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.
  • Ps 142:6Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
  • Job 24:1Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
  • Ps 17:8–9Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
  • 2 Tim 4:6For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
  • Ps 143:9Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
  • Ps 143:3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
  • 2 Sam 7:12And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
  • 1 Sam 26:10David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.
  • Ps 17:13Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
  • Ps 71:10–12For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
  • Acts 27:24Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
  • 2 Pet 1:14Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
  • Luke 9:51And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,
  • John 13:1Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
  • Jer 15:20–21And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
  • Ps 116:15Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.
  • John 12:27Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
  • John 7:30Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
  • Ps 143:12And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.
  • Acts 23:11And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.

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Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 31:15 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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