Psalms 31:7

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“I will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion, for You have seen my affliction; You have known the anguish of my soul.”

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BSBPD

“I will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion, for You have seen my affliction; You have known the anguish of my soul.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“I will be glad and rejoice in thy lovingkindness; For thou hast seen my affliction: Thou hast known my soul in adversities;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“I rejoice, and am glad in Thy kindness, In that Thou hast seen mine affliction, Thou hast known in adversities my soul.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 31:7 — 23 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Nehemiah 9:32So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.
  2. Job 10:9Please remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me to dust?
  3. Job 23:10Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
  4. Psalms 1:6For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
  5. Psalms 9:13Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,
  6. Psalms 10:14But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
  7. Psalms 13:5But I have trusted in Your loving devotion; my heart will rejoice in Your salvation.
  8. Psalms 25:18Consider my affliction and trouble, and take away all my sins.
  9. Psalms 71:20Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.
  10. Psalms 90:14Satisfy us in the morning with Your loving devotion, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
  11. Psalms 119:153Look upon my affliction and rescue me, for I have not forgotten Your law.
  12. Psalms 142:3Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.
  13. Isaiah 43:2When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.
  14. Isaiah 49:13Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.
  15. Isaiah 63:9In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
  16. Isaiah 63:16Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.
  17. Jeremiah 33:11the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His loving devotion endures forever.’ For I will restore the land from captivity as in former times, says the LORD.
  18. Lamentations 3:50until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees.
  19. Lamentations 5:1Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace!
  20. John 10:27My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
  21. 1 Corinthians 8:3But the one who loves God is known by God.
  22. Galatians 4:9But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?
  23. 2 Timothy 2:19Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”

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