Psalms 31:21 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 31:21

Blessed be the Lord: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.

KJV

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ASV

Blessed be Jehovah; For he hath showed me his marvellous lovingkindness in a strong city.

WEB

Blessed be the LORD, for He has shown me His loving devotion in a city under siege.

YLT

Blessed is Jehovah, For He hath made marvellous His kindness To me in a city of bulwarks.

DBT

Blessed be Jehovah; for he hath shewn me wondrously his loving-kindness in a strong city.

About this book

Old Testament

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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Cross-references

8 verses on the floor

Psalms 17:7
Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.
Psalms 28:6
Blessed be the Lord, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
1 Samuel 23:7–13
And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.
1 Peter 2:9
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
Jeremiah 1:18
For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Faith and prayer must go together. He that believes, let his pray-- I believe, therefore I have spoken: and he that prays, let him believe, for the prayer of faith is the prevailing prayer. David, in distress, is very earnest with God in prayer for succour and relief.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

This was marvellous loving-kindness indeed, upon which he writes, with wonder and thankfulness, Blessed be the Lord. Special preservations call for particular thanksgivings. Within were fears; but God was better to him than his fears,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 31:211PE 2:9 EXO 19:5-6
PSA 31:211PE 2:9 DEU 7:6
PSA 31:211PE 2:9 REV 1:6
PSA 31:211PE 2:9 REV 5:10
PSA 31:211PE 2:9 ISA 61:6
PSA 31:21JER 1:18 ISA 50:7
PSA 31:21JER 1:18 EZE 3:8-9
PSA 31:21JER 1:18 JER 15:20

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