Psalms 31:7

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

I will be happy and rejoice in your faithfulness, because you notice my pain and you are aware of how distressed I am.

📖 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 Through all that they suffered, he suffered too. The messenger sent from his very presence delivered them. In his love and mercy he protected them; he lifted them up and carried them throughout ancient times.
• Ps 1:6 : 6 Certainly the LORD guards the way of the godly, but the way of the wicked ends in destruction.
• Ps 119:153 : 153 ר(Resh) See my pain and rescue me! For I do not forget your law.
• Isa 49:13 : 13 Shout for joy, O sky! Rejoice, O earth! Let the mountains give a joyful shout! For the LORD consoles his people and shows compassion to the oppressed.
• Ps 142:3 : 3 Even when my strength leaves me, you watch my footsteps. In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me.
• Isa 43:2 : 2 When you pass through the waters, I am with you; when you pass through the streams, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not harm you.
• Neh 9:32 : 32 “So now, our God– the great, powerful, and awesome God, who keeps covenant fidelity– do not regard as inconsequential all the hardship that has befallen us– our kings, our leaders, our priests, our prophets, our ancestors, and all your people– from the days of the kings of Assyria until this very day!
• Job 10:9 : 9 Remember that you have made me as with the clay; will you return me to dust?
• Job 23:10 : 10 But he knows the pathway that I take; if he tested me, I would come forth like gold.
• Ps 9:13 : 13 when they prayed:“Have mercy on me, LORD! See how I am oppressed by those who hate me, O one who can snatch me away from the gates of death!
• Ps 10:14 : 14 You have taken notice, for you always see one who inflicts pain and suffering. The unfortunate victim entrusts his cause to you; you deliver the fatherless.
• Ps 13:5 : 5 But I trust in your faithfulness. May I rejoice because of your deliverance!
• Ps 25:18 : 18 See my pain and suffering! Forgive all my sins!
• Ps 71:20 : 20 Though you have allowed me to experience much trouble and distress, revive me once again! Bring me up once again from the depths of the earth!
• Ps 90:14 : 14 Satisfy us in the morning with your loyal love! Then we will shout for joy and be happy all our days!
• Isa 63:16 : 16 For you are our father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not recognize us. You, LORD, are our father; you have been called our protector from ancient times.
• Jer 33:11 : 11 Once again there will be sounds of joy and gladness and the glad celebrations of brides and grooms. Once again people will bring their thank offerings to the temple of the LORD and will say,“Give thanks to the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. For the LORD is good and his unfailing love lasts forever.” For I, the LORD, affirm that I will restore the land to what it was in days of old.’
• Lam 3:50 : 50 until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees what has happened.
• Lam 5:1 : 1 The People of Jerusalem Pray: O LORD, reflect on what has happened to us; consider and look at our disgrace.
• John 10:27-30 : 27 My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish; no one will snatch them from my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can snatch them from my Father’s hand. 30 The Father and I are one.”
• 1 Cor 8:3 : 3 But if someone loves God, he is known by God.
• Gal 4:9 : 9 But now that you have come to know God(or rather to be known by God), how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless basic forces? Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again?
• 2 Tim 2:19 : 19 However, God’s solid foundation remains standing, bearing this seal:“The Lord knows those who are his,” and“Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from evil.”