Psalms 31:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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 the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly 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 the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.
• Ps 142:3 : 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.
• 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 mercy, let not all the trouble 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 made me as the 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 LORD; consider my trouble 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 poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
• Ps 13:5 : 5 But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.
• Ps 25:18 : 18 Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.
• Ps 71:20 : 20 Thou, which hast shewed{H8689)} me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken{H8762)} me again{H8799)}, and shalt bring me up{H8686)} again{H8799)} from the depths of the earth.
• Ps 90:14 : 14 O satisfy{H8761)} us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice{H8762)} and be glad{H8799)} all our days.
• Isa 63:16 : 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.
• 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 shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.
• Lam 3:50 : 50 Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.
• Lam 5:1 : 1 Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold 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, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. 29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. 30 I and my Father are one.
• 1 Cor 8:3 : 3 But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
• Gal 4:9 : 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?
• 2 Tim 2:19 : 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.