Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.
What does Psalms 31:24 mean?
Instead of yielding to impatience or despondency under our troubles, we should turn our thoughts to the goodness of the Lord towards those who fear and trust in Him.
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Commentary on Psalms 31:24
Be of good courage - See a similar exhortation at the close of a psalm, in Psalm 27:14 . Compare the notes at that verse. As the result of all his own experience of the goodness of God, and of His gracious interposition in the time of danger, the psalmist exhorts others to be encouraged, and to feel assured that God would not leave or forsake them. And he shall strengthen your heart - He will animate you; he will enable you to meet trial and opposition; he will keep you from becoming faint and disheartened. All ye that hope in the Lord - All that put their trust in him, or all whose expectation is from him.
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Psalms 31 belongs to the early movement of the book, especially the section often described as Book II. Psalms is the Bible’s great book of sung prayer, teaching the full range of faithful speech from anguish and repentance to jubilation and doxology. Read this chapter with the wider themes of prayer, praise, and lament in view so the individual verses keep their proper weight.
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