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Psalm 31:5
Into your hand I commend my spirit. You redeem me, LORD, God of truth.
3For you are my rock and my fortress, therefore for your name’s sake lead me and guide me.
4Pluck me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, for you are my stronghold.
5Into your hand I commend my spirit. You redeem me, LORD, God of truth.
6I hate those who regard lying vanities, but I trust in the LORD.
7I will be glad and rejoice in your loving kindness, for you have seen my affliction. You have known my soul in adversities.
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The words “Into your hand” express trust amid danger, as the speaker entrusts his spirit to the God whose truth stands firm when people threaten him.
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Luke 23:46Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” Having said this, he breathed his last.Jesus echoes the psalm’s prayer as he dies, entrusting his spirit into the Father’s hands.
Acts 7:59They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”Stephen asks the Lord Jesus to receive his spirit, sharing the psalm’s act of entrusting his spirit to divine care.
Psalm 34:22The LORD redeems the soul of his servants. None of those who take refuge in him shall be condemned.Both passages name the LORD as redeemer, with Psalm 34 describing his servants taking refuge in him.
Psalm 107:2Let the redeemed by the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,Both speak of redemption by the LORD; Psalm 107 names release from the adversary’s hand.
1 Peter 4:19Therefore let them also who suffer according to the will of God in doing good entrust their souls to him, as to a faithful Creator.Both describe entrusting oneself to God amid suffering, grounding that trust in his faithful character.
Deuteronomy 32:4The Rock: his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, just and right is he.The psalm names the God of truth, while Deuteronomy describes God’s faithfulness and freedom from wrongdoing.
2 Timothy 1:12For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I …Both express trust amid suffering through the act of committing something precious to the one believed.
1 Peter 2:23When he was cursed, he didn’t curse back. When he suffered, he didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously.Both describe self-commitment to God under threat, with Peter emphasizing the righteous judgment of the one trusted.
Psalm 71:23My lips shall shout for joy! My soul, which you have redeemed, sings praises to you!Both speakers address God as their redeemer; Psalm 71 turns that redemption into joyful praise.
1 Peter 1:18–19knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things like silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers,Redemption connects these texts, though Peter specifies release from an inherited way of life rather than the psalm’s surrounding threats.
Titus 1:2in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;The psalm’s address to the God of truth shares Titus’s confidence that God cannot lie.
Hebrews 6:18that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope …Both ground confidence in God’s truthfulness, with Hebrews stating that it is impossible for God to lie.
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The surrounding prayer still asks for rescue from a hidden net. Entrusting yourself to God can happen while danger remains; the one addressed here is the God of truth.
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