Psalms 31:13

“Return, O Lord, etc.] Either from the fierceness of thine anger, according to Aben Ezra and Jarchi; of which complaint is made, (<199007>Psalm 90:7,9), or unto us, from whom he had departed; for though God is everywhere, as to his being and immensity, yet, as to his gracious presence, he is not; and where that is, he sometimes withdraws it; and when he visits again with it, be may be said to return; and when he returns, he visits with it, and which is here prayed for; and designs a manifestation of himself, of his love and grace, and particularly his pardoning mercy; (see <198014>Psalm 80:14 85:2,3) how long? this is a short abrupt way of speaking, in which something is understood, which the…”

“For--introduces further reasons for his prayer, the unjust, deliberate, and murderous purposes of his foes.”

“For I have heard the slander of many - The reproach; the false accusations; the unjust aspersions. We are here more definitely informed as to another of the sources of the trouble that came upon him. It was “slander.” He had already referred to “two” sources of trouble; one Psalms 31:11 that he was “reproached” by his friends and neighbors, and that his society was shunned by them; a second, that he was “forgotten” by those who ought to have remembered him, and that they treated him as though he were dead, Psalms 31:12. The third is referred to now; to wit, that he was the subject of “slander,” or of false reports. What was the “nature” of those false charges we are not informed. But it is…”

“Fear - Just cause of fear. Psalms 31:15”

“I have: Psa 55:10, Psa 101:5; Sa1 22:8-10, Sa1 24:9; Jer 20:10; Luk 23:1, Luk 23:2, Luk 23:5 fear: Psa 56:1-3, Psa 57:4; Jer 6:25, Jer 20:3, Jer 20:4 \*marg. Lam 2:22 while: Sa1 19:10-17, Sa1 20:33, Sa1 23:19, Sa1 23:20; Sa2 17:1-4; Jer 11:19; Mat 26:3, Mat 26:4, Mat 26:59; Mat 27:1 Psalms 31:14”