“Blessed be the Lord: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.”
The psalmist declares that God has shown him marvelous love within a besieged city, suggesting that even when surrounded and threatened, God has demonstrated covenant care. The phrase "marvelous love" emphasizes the extraordinary and exceptional character of God's care. The reference to being "within a besieged city" suggests the extreme circumstance of siege. This verse testifies that God's covenant loyalty is not threatened by external circumstance but manifests most dramatically in situations where human resources are exhausted.
Church Fathers on Psalms 31:21
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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