John Trapp on Psalms 31:1

PSAL. XXXI.

A Pſalm of David] made, ſay Vatablus and others, at that time when Saul purſued David in the Wilderneſſe of Maon, 1 Sam. 23.24. But by many circumſtances and paſſages of this Pſalm it appeareth more probable, that it was, as the former, compoſed when Abſolom was up, 2 Sam. 15.10. &c. See verſ. 11, 12, 22. of this Pſalm, with 2 Sam. 17.24, 27. & 19.33. Joſeph. Autiq. lib. 7. cap 9.

Verſ. 1. In thee O Lord do I put my truſt] Hic Pſalmus varia mixtus & magna affectnum viciſſitudine inſignis eſt, This Pſalm is ſtrangely mixt and made up of many and diverſe paſſions and petitions; according to the change of times and eſtate. In the time of affliction he prayeth, in the time of conſolation he praiſeth the Lord, Ercleſ. 7.15. In theſe three firſt verſes is little ſaid, but what had been before ſaid; and is already opened.

Let mee never be aſhamed] i.e. Repulſed, worſted, defeated.

In thy Righteouſneſſe] And not according to mine own Righteouſneſſe, ſaith Kimchi, or according to thy faithfullneſſe.