Psalms 31:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שָׂנֵ֗אתִי הַשֹּׁמְרִ֥ים הַבְלֵי־שָׁ֑וא וַ֝אֲנִ֗י אֶל־יְהוָ֥ה בָּטָֽחְתִּי׃

Transliteration

Śānēʾtî the-šōmərîm hablê-šāwʾ; and-ʾănî to-YHWH bāṭāḥtî

Grammar Details

*Śānēʾtî*: verb, perfect 1st person singular - I have hated
*šōmərîm*: verb, participle masculine plural with definite article - the ones keeping/observing
*hablê*: noun, masculine plural construct - vanities of
*šāwʾ*: noun, masculine singular - emptiness/falsehood
*ʾănî*: pronoun, 1st person singular - I
*bāṭāḥtî*: verb, perfect 1st person singular - I have trusted

Word Meanings

*Śānēʾtî*: hated/detested/despised
*šōmərîm*: observers/those keeping/those paying regard to
*hablê*: vanities/empty things/worthless things
*šāwʾ*: emptiness/falsehood/worthlessness
*bāṭāḥtî*: trusted/relied on/had confidence in

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 63:9 : 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.
Ps 1:6 : 6 For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous; But the way of the wicked shall perish.
Ps 119:153 : 153 RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me; For I do not forget thy law.
Isa 49:13 : 13 Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for Jehovah hath comforted his people, and will have compassion upon his afflicted.
Ps 142:3 : 3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, Thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walk Have they hidden a snare for me.
Isa 43:2 : 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.
Neh 9:32 : 32 Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and lovingkindness, let not all the travail seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.
Job 10:9 : 9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast fashioned me as clay; And wilt thou bring me into dust again?
Job 23:10 : 10 But he knoweth the way that I take; When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Ps 9:13 : 13 Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; Behold my affliction [which I suffer] of them that hate me, Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;
Ps 10:14 : 14 Thou hast seen [it]; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: The helpless committeth [himself] unto thee; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
Ps 13:5 : 5 But I have trusted in thy lovingkindness; My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.
Ps 25:18 : 18 Consider mine affliction and my travail; And forgive all my sins.
Ps 71:20 : 20 Thou, who hast showed us many and sore troubles, Wilt quicken us again, And wilt bring us up again from the depths of the earth.
Ps 90:14 : 14 Oh satisfy us in the morning with thy lovingkindness, That we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
Isa 63:16 : 16 For thou art our Father, though Abraham knoweth us not, and Israel doth not acknowledge us: thou, O Jehovah, art our Father; our Redeemer from everlasting is thy name.
Jer 33:11 : 11 the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that say, Give thanks to Jehovah of hosts, for Jehovah is good, for his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever; [and of them] that bring [sacrifices of] thanksgiving into the house of Jehovah. For I will cause the captivity of the land to return as at the first, saith Jehovah.
Lam 3:50 : 50 Till Jehovah look down, and behold from heaven.
Lam 5:1 : 1 Remember, O Jehovah, what is come upon us: Behold, and see our reproach.
John 10:27-30 : 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: 28 and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who hath given [them] unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch [them] out of the Father's hand. 30 I and the Father are one.
1 Cor 8:3 : 3 but if any man loveth God, the same is known by him.
Gal 4:9 : 9 but now that ye have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how turn ye back again to the weak and beggarly rudiments, whereunto ye desire to be in bondage over again?
2 Tim 2:19 : 19 Howbeit the firm foundation of God standeth, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his: and, Let every one that nameth the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.

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