Psalms 31:7

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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I will rejoice and be glad in your steadfast love, because you have seen my affliction; you have known the distress of my soul,
• 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 God of truth. 6I have hated those who regard useless idols; But I trust in the Lord. I will be glad and rejoice in Your mercy, For You have considered my trouble; You have known my soul in adversities, 8And have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; You have set my feet in a wide place. 9Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; My eye wastes away with grief, Yes, my soul and my body!

Psalms 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 mercy; My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.
• Isaiah 49:13Sing, O heavens! Be joyful, O earth! And break out in singing, O mountains! For the Lord has comforted His people, And will have mercy on His afflicted.
• Jeremiah 33:11the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who will say: “Praise the Lord of hosts, For the Lord is good, For His mercy endures forever”— and of those who will bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord. For I will cause the captives of the land to return as at the first,’ says the Lord.
• Psalms 9:13Have mercy on me, O Lord! Consider my trouble from those who hate me, You who lift me up from the gates of death,
• Psalms 25:18Look on my affliction and my pain, And forgive all my sins.
• Psalms 71:20You, who have shown me great and severe troubles, Shall revive me again, And bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
• Psalms 119:153Consider my affliction and deliver me, For I do not forget Your law.
• Nehemiah 9:32“Now therefore, our God, The great, the mighty, and awesome God, Who keeps covenant and mercy: Do not let all the trouble seem small before You That has come upon us, Our kings and our princes, Our priests and our prophets, Our fathers and on all Your people, From the days of the kings of Assyria until this day.
• Job 10:9Remember, I pray, that You have made me like clay. And will You turn me into dust again?
• Lamentations 3:50Till the Lord from heaven Looks down and sees.
• Lamentations 5:1Remember, O Lord, what has come upon us; Look, and behold our reproach!
• Psalms 1:6For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the ungodly shall perish.
• Psalms 142:3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, Then You knew my path. In the way in which I walk They have secretly set a snare for me.
• Job 23:10But He knows the way that I take; When He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.
• Isaiah 43:2When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, Nor shall the flame scorch 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; And He bore them 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

Topics related to Psalms 31:7

• Afflictions and Adversities
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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