It is probable that David penned this psalm when he was persecuted by Saul; some passages in it agree particularly to the narrow escapes he had, at Keilah , then in the wilderness of Maon, when Saul marched on one side of the hill and he on the other, and, soon after, in the cave in the wilderness…

Prayer for Deliverance; Profession of Confidence in God. To the chief musician. A psalm of David. 1 In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.

In the Ps. 31:1–8 David had appealed to God’s righteousness, and pleaded his relation to him and dependence on him; here he appeals to his mercy, and pleads the greatness of his own misery, which made his case the proper object of that mercy. Observe, I.

We have three things in these verses:— I. The believing acknowledgment which David makes of God’s goodness to his people in general, Ps. 31:19–20. 1. God is good to all, but he is, in a special manner, good to Israel.