Psalms 31:7-8

31:7 I will be happy and rejoice in your faithfulness,

because you notice my pain

and you are aware of how distressed I am. ¹ 

31:8 You do not deliver me over to the power of the enemy;

you enable me to stand ²  in a wide open place.

Psalms 31:22

31:22 I jumped to conclusions and said, ³ 

“I am cut off from your presence!” ⁴ 

But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.

[31:7]  ¹ tn Heb “you know the distresses of my life.”

[31:8]  ² tn Heb “you cause my feet to stand.”

[31:22]  ³ tn Heb “and I, I said in my haste.”

[31:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “from before your eyes.”