Psalms 31 · Verse 7

Psalms 31:7

I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
Psalms 31:7, King James Version

Psalms 31:7 in other translations

BSBI will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion, for You have seen my affliction; You have known the anguish of my soul.
WEBI will be glad and rejoice in your loving kindness, for you have seen my affliction. You have known my soul in adversities.
ASVI will be glad and rejoice in thy lovingkindness; For thou hast seen my affliction: Thou hast known my soul in adversities;
YLTI rejoice, and am glad in Thy kindness, In that Thou hast seen mine affliction, Thou hast known in adversities my soul.
DARBYI will be glad and rejoice in thy loving-kindness, for thou hast seen mine affliction; thou hast known the troubles of my soul,
BBEI will be glad and have delight in your mercy; because you have seen my trouble; you have had pity on my soul in its sorrows;
WebsterI will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;

What does Psalms 31:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. hast known my soul, &c.--had regard to me in trouble.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 Thou 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 defines a real friend, Amicus certus in re incerta cernitor: "A friend in need is a friend indeed." Reader, such a Friend is the Lord.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 31:1-8

Faith and prayer must go together, for the prayer of faith is the prevailing prayer. David gave up his soul in a special manner to God. And with the words, ver. 5, our Lord Jesus yielded up his last breath on the cross, and made his soul a free-will offering for sin, laying down his life as a ransom. But David is here as a man in distress and trouble. And his great care is about his soul, his spirit, his better…

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Psalms 31:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אָגִ֥ילָה'a.Gi.lahI will rejoiceH1523
וְאֶשְׂמְחָ֗הve.'es.me.Chahand I will be gladH8055
בְּחַ֫סְדֶּ֥ךָbe.Chas.De.khain covenant loyalty yourH2617
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherthatH834
רָ֭אִיתָRa.'i.tayou sawH7200
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
עָנְיִ֑י'a.ne.Yiaffliction myH6040
יָ֝דַ֗עְתָּya.Da'.tayou knewH3045
בְּצָר֥וֹתbe.tza.Rot<in> [the] troubles ofH6869
נַפְשִֽׁי\׃naf.Shiself myH5315

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Cross references for Psalms 31:7

  • Isaiah 49:13

    Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.

  • Isaiah 63:9

    In 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 bare them, and carried them all the days of old.

  • Psalms 119:153

    ר RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.

  • 2 Timothy 2:19

    Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

  • Galatians 4:9

    But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?

  • Isaiah 63:16

    Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O Lord, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.

  • John 10:27-30

    My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand. I and my Father are one.

  • Isaiah 43:2

    When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

  • Lamentations 3:50

    Till the Lord look down, and behold from heaven.

  • Job 23:10

    But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

  • Psalms 142:3

    When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.

  • Psalms 71:20

    Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I will.
13:5; Isa 49:13; Jer 33:11
for.
9:13; 25:18; 71:20; 119:153; Ne 9:32; Job 10:9; La 3:50; 5:1
known.
1:6; 142:3; Job 23:10; Isa 43:2; 63:9,16; Joh 10:27-30; 1Co 8:3
Ga 4:9; 2Ti 2:19

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Context

  • Psalms 31:6

    I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the Lord.

  • Psalms 31:7

    I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;

  • Psalms 31:8

    And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.

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Psalms 31:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Me gozaré y alegraré en tu misericordia; porque has visto mi aflicción; has conocido mi alma en las angustias.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		J’ai haï ceux qui prennent garde aux vaines idoles; mais moi, je me confierai en l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ich will frohlocken und mich freuen in deiner Güte; denn du hast mein Elend angesehen, hast Kenntnis genommen von den Bedrängnissen meiner Seele,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Tu es refugium meum a tribulatione quæ circumdedit me; exsultatio mea, erue me a circumdantibus me.