Psalms 31:22
In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
21Blessed be the LORD, for He has shown me His loving devotion in a city under siege.
23Love the LORD, all His saints. The LORD preserves the faithful, but fully repays the arrogant.
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:26Saul was proceeding along one side of the mountain, and David and his men along the other side. Even though David was hurrying to get away, Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them.
1 Samuel 27:1David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”
Job 35:14How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,
Psalms 17:7Show the wonders of Your loving devotion, You who save by Your right hand those who seek refuge from their foes.
Psalms 66:20Blessed be God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld from me His loving devotion!
Psalms 116:11In my alarm I said, “All men are liars!”
Matthew Henry on Psalms 31:20-24
Triumphant Praise. 19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men! 20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues. 21 Blessed be the Lord : for he hath showed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city. 22 For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of… Read the whole commentary →