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Psalm 31:15

My times are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.

13For I have heard the slander of many, terror on every side, while they conspire together against me, they plot to take away my life.
14But I trust in you, LORD. I said, “You are my God.”
15My times are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.
16Make your face to shine on your servant. Save me in your loving kindness.
17Let me not be disappointed, LORD, for I have called on you. Let the wicked be disappointed. Let them be silent in Sheol.
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Notice

God’s hand and the enemies’ hand appear in the same breath, making trust in God’s rule a confession spoken under threat, with rescue still needed.

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Where else Scripture says this

12 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Acts 1:7He said to them, “It isn’t for you to know times or seasons which the Father has set within his own authority.Both texts place times under God’s authority, though Acts also marks a limit on what the disciples may know.
John 17:1Jesus said these things, then lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you;Both prayers speak to God about time: David entrusts his times to God, and Jesus declares that his time has come.
Ecclesiastes 3:1–8For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:Both speak of life in terms of times, though Ecclesiastes describes their breadth and the psalm places them in God’s hand.
John 7:6Jesus therefore said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready.Both use personal language about time, though Jesus distinguishes his timing from his listeners’ and David asks God for rescue.
Psalm 7:1A meditation by David, which he sang to the LORD, concerning the words of Cush, the Benjamite. LORD, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who …Both prayers join trust in God with a plea for deliverance from people who pursue the speaker.
Psalm 142:6Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need. Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me.Both ask God for deliverance from persecutors; Psalm 142 also names the speaker’s need and the persecutors’ greater strength.
Job 24:1Both connect times with God, though Job questions the absence of visible divine action and David voices trust while seeking rescue.
Psalm 17:8–9Keep me as the apple of your eye. Hide me under the shadow of your wings,Both ask God for protection, using bodily images: the hand in Psalm 31 and the eye and wings in Psalm 17.
Acts 17:26He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons and the boundaries of their dwellings,Both describe time as subject to God, with the psalm speaking of one life and Acts speaking of nations.
Psalm 143:9Deliver me, LORD, from my enemies. I flee to you to hide me.Both ask the LORD for deliverance from enemies and turn toward him as the source of safety.
2 Timothy 4:6For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure has come.Both speak about the course of a life; the psalm asks for rescue, while Paul says his departure has come.
2 Samuel 7:12When your days are fulfilled and you sleep with your fathers, I will set up your offspring after you, who will proceed out of your body, and I will establish …Both speak of a person’s days in relation to God, with Samuel looking toward death and God’s promise of succession.
Where this verse fits

Fear for the future. injustice and anger. anxiety or panic.

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One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Pray Psalm 31:15 aloud before bed tonight

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Encouragement

Trust can speak while danger remains. David asks for deliverance in the same breath that he entrusts his times to God; dependence on God leaves room for an urgent plea.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).