Psa 31:14-18 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Ps 31:14-18: 31:14-18 Hope does not confide in frail and changeable human beings but only in the Lord. The sufferer entrusts himself to God while waiting for the Lord’s justice.

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‏ Psalms 31:14-18

Summary for Ps 31:14-18: 31:14-18 ^a Hope does not confide in frail and changeable human beings but only in the Lord. The sufferer entrusts himself to God while waiting for the Lord’s justice.
31:15 ^b My future is in your hands: To relinquish control of timing is one way to express submission.
31:17 ^c The psalmist, who did not deserve to be disgraced, invokes the principle of retribution (see study note on 1:6; see also thematic note for Prayers for Vengeance at end of chapter).