Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 31:15

"My times are in thy hand: Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me." — Psalms 31:15 (ASV)

My times are in thy hand — that is, the vicissitudes of human life (Septuagint and Vulgate have my destinies) are under Divine control, so that the machinations of the foe cannot prevail against one whom God intends to deliver. For the expression compare 1 Chronicles 29:30, the times that went over him, Isaiah 33:6.

The sense of security in this trusting phrase may be contrasted with the feeling of danger in another Hebrew phrase, my soul is continually in my hand (Psalms 119:109).