Psalms 31:24

“Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, etc.] (See Gill on “<192714>Psalm 27:14”); by this instance of God’s wonderful kindness to the psalmist, he would have the saints take heart, and be of good cheer, even in the greatest distresses, since their case cannot be worse than his was; and yet he had deliverance out of it; all ye that hope in the Lord; for the eye of the Lord is on such, and he takes delight in them, (<193318>Psalm 33:18 147:11). The Targum is, “who hope for”, or “trust in the word of the Lord”; the essential Word, the promised Messiah.”

“Be of good courage - See a similar exhortation at the close of a psalm, in Psalms 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. It is a characteristic of true piety that all hope centers in God, or that the soul…”

“Be of: Psa 27:14; Isa 35:3, Isa 35:4; Luk 22:31, Luk 22:32; Heb 12:12, Heb 12:13; Jam 5:10, Jam 5:11 shall: Psa 29:11, Psa 138:3; Col 1:11 all ye: Psa 146:5; Rom 15:12, Rom 15:13; Pe1 1:21 Next: Psalms Chapter 32”