[[Ps-31]]
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### Into your hand I commend my spirit. You redeem me, Yahweh, God of truth.
*Type*: prophecy
*Summary*: This statement predicts the Messiah's specific final act of trust and surrender of His soul to God the Father at the moment of death.
*Historical context*: This was fulfilled by Jesus Christ on the cross; according to [[Luke-23#v46|Luke 23:46]], these were His final words before His death, signifying His role as the fulfillment of the righteous Davidic sufferer.
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### Because of all my adversaries I have become utterly contemptible to my neighbors, a horror to my acquaintances. Those who saw me on the street fled from me.
*Type*: prophecy
*Summary*: Foretells the Messiah's social isolation and the abandonment by His companions and acquaintances during His time of trial.
*Historical context*: Fulfilled during the Passion of Christ when all His disciples deserted Him and fled ([[Matt-26#v56|Matthew 26:56]]), as well as His rejection by His neighbors in Nazareth ([[Luke-04#v28|Luke 4:28]]-29).
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### For I have heard the slander of many, terror on every side, while they conspire together against me, they plot to take away my life.
*Type*: prophecy
*Summary*: Predicts a specific, coordinated conspiracy by religious and political leaders to execute the righteous servant through slander and plotting.
*Historical context*: Historically realized in the secret councils held by the Sanhedrin and chief priests specifically to arrange the arrest and death of Jesus ([[Matt-26#v3|Matthew 26:3]]-4; [[John-11#v47|John 11:47]]-53).
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### You have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy. You have set my feet in a large place.
*Type*: fulfillment
*Summary*: The speaker acknowledges the realization of God's promise to prevent him from falling into the hands of his primary pursuer.
*Historical context*: This verse fulfills the historical statement in [[1 Sam-23#v14|1 Samuel 23:14]], which records that during Saul's daily pursuit of David, "God did not deliver him into his hand."
*Related to*: [[1 Sam-23#v14|1 Samuel 23:14]]
### Praise be to Yahweh, for he has shown me his marvelous loving kindness in a strong city.
*Type*: fulfillment
*Summary*: David acknowledges God's preservation in a fortified location, realizing the divine commitment to protect him from betrayal.
*Historical context*: Theologians link this to David's escape from the "strong city" of Keilah ([[1 Sam-23#v7|1 Samuel 23:7]]-13) after God provided a prophetic warning that the city leaders would surrender him to Saul.
*Related to*: [[1 Sam-23#v12|1 Samuel 23:12]]
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