Psalm 31:22 “In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my p…”

Psalm 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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.

World English Bible

As for me, I said in my haste, “I am cut off from before your eyes.” Nevertheless you heard the voice of my petitions when I cried to you.

American Standard Version

As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications, When I cried unto thee.

Geneva Bible 1599

Though I said in mine haste, I am cast out of thy sight, yet thou heardest the voyce of my prayer, when I cryed vnto thee.

Darby Translation

As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes; nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.

Young's Literal Translation

And I — I have said in my haste, 'I have been cut off from before Thine eyes,' But Thou hast heard the voice of my supplications, In my crying unto Thee.

Bible in Basic English

And as for me, I said in my fear, I am cut off from before your eyes; but you gave ear to the voice of my prayer, when my cry went up to you.

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Cross references

“I said”

Psalm 116:11 1 Samuel 23:26 1 Samuel 27:1

Psalm 116:11 · BSB

In my alarm I said, “All men are liars!”

1 Samuel 23:26 · BSB

Saul 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 27:1 · BSB

David, 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 ove…

“I am”

Psalm 88:16 Job 35:14 Ezekiel 37:11 Isaiah 6:5 Isaiah 38:10–12 Isaiah 49:14

Psalm 88:16 · BSB

Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.

Job 35:14 · BSB

How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,

Ezekiel 37:11 · BSB

Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’

Isaiah 6:5 · BSB

Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”

Isaiah 38:10–12 · BSB

I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.”

Isaiah 49:14 · BSB

But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me; the Lord has forgotten me!”

“nevertheless”

Hebrews 5:7 Psalm 6:9 Jonah 2:7–9 2 Chronicles 33:11–13

Hebrews 5:7 · BSB

During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.

Psalm 6:9 · BSB

The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.

Jonah 2:7–9 · BSB

As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD. My prayer went up to You, to Your holy temple.

2 Chronicles 33:11–13 · BSB

So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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.

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