“My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.”
The psalmist appeals to God to take control over his times and deliver him from his enemies and persecutors. The phrase "My times are in your hands" suggests the complete surrender of the future to God's control. The affirmation implies that nothing escapes God's sovereignty. The prayer for deliverance emphasizes the ongoing need for divine intervention. The verse demonstrates that trust in God's sovereignty does not negate the prayer for deliverance.
Church Fathers on Psalms 31:15
To the end, a psalm of David himself, an ecstasy. 1. To the end a Psalm of David Himself, the Mediator strong of hand in persecutions. For the word ecstasy, which is added to the title, signifies a transport of the mind, which is produced either by a panic, or by some revelation. But in this Psalm the panic of the people of God troubled by the persecution of all the heathen, and by the failing of faith throughout the world, is principally seen. But first the Mediator Himself…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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