English Standard Version
Psalms 31:7
7I will rejoice and be glad in your steadfast love, because you have seen my affliction; you have known the distress of my soul,
Psalms 31:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
- New International Version (NIV)I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for you saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will be glad and rejoice in Your mercy, For You have considered my trouble; You have known my soul in adversities,
- New Living Translation (NLT)I will be glad and rejoice in your unfailing love, for you have seen my troubles, and you care about the anguish of my soul.
Context of Psalms 31:7
5Into your hand I commit my spirit; you have redeemed me, O Lord, faithful God. 6I hate those who pay regard to worthless idols, but I trust in the Lord. I will rejoice and be glad in your steadfast love, because you have seen my affliction; you have known the distress of my soul, 8and you have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy; you have set my feet in a broad place. 9Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; my eye is wasted from grief; my soul and my body also.
Read all of Psalms 31Psalms 31:7 word by word
אָגִ֥ילָה וְאֶשְׂמְחָ֗ה בְּחַ֫סְדֶּ֥ךָ אֲשֶׁ֣ר רָ֭אִיתָ אֶת־עָנְיִ֑י יָ֝דַ֗עְתָּ בְּצָר֥וֹת נַפְשִֽׁי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- I will be gladגִּילgîyl gûl · to rejoiceH1523
- and rejoiceשָׂמַחώâmach · to rejoiceH8055
- in thy mercyחֶ֫סֶדchêsêd · kindnessH2617
- for thou hast consideredרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
- my troubleעֳנִי‛ŏnîy · afflictionH6040
- thou hast knownיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
- my soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
- in adversitiesצָרָהtsârâh · distressH6869
Cross-references for Psalms 31:7
- Psalms 13:5But I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.
- Isaiah 49:13Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the Lord has comforted his people and will have compassion on his afflicted.
- Jeremiah 33:11the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voices of those who sing, as they bring thank offerings to the house of the Lord: "'Give thanks to the Lord of hosts, for the Lord is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!' For I will restore the fortunes of the land as at first, says the Lord.
- Psalms 9:13Be gracious to me, O Lord! See my affliction from those who hate me, O you who lift me up from the gates of death,
- Psalms 25:18Consider my affliction and my trouble, and forgive all my sins.
- Psalms 71:20You who have made me see many troubles and calamities will revive me again; from the depths of the earth you will bring me up again.
- Psalms 119:153Look on my affliction and deliver me, for I do not forget your law.
- Nehemiah 9:32"Now, therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and steadfast love, let not all the hardship seem little to you that has come upon us, upon our kings, our princes, our priests, our prophets, our fathers, and all your people, since the time of the kings of Assyria until this day.
- Job 10:9Remember that you have made me like clay; and will you return me to the dust?
- Lamentations 3:50until the Lord from heaven looks down and sees;
- Lamentations 5:1Remember, O Lord, what has befallen us; look, and see our disgrace!
- Psalms 1:6for the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
- Psalms 142:3When my spirit faints within me, you know my way! In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me.
- Job 23:10But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold.
- Isaiah 43:2When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.
- Isaiah 63:9In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them; in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
Commentaries on Psalms 31:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Thou hast known my soul in adversities - When all forsook me; when none could help me; when I could not save my own life; when my enemies were sure that I could not escape; then I found thee to be my Friend and Supporter. When friend, so called, finds it convenient not to know his friend in affliction and poverty, then thou didst acknowledge me as thine own, all worthless as I was. Human friendships may fail; but the Friend of sinners never fails. Cicero…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy - I will triumph and joy in thy mercy; that is, in the mercy which he had already experienced, and in that which he still hoped to enjoy. He had had abundant proofs of that mercy; he hoped for still further proofs of it; and he says that he would find his joy in that, and not in what idols could give. For thou hast considered my trouble - In times past and now. He felt assured that his prayer would be regarded, and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-8Trusting the Lord means believing he cares about our well-being.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. hast known my soul, &c.--had regard to me in trouble.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 31
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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