I will rejoice and be glad in your faithful love
because you have seen my affliction.
You know the troubles of my soul(A)
and have not handed me over to the enemy.(B)
You have set my feet in a spacious place.(C)

Be gracious to me, Lord,
because I am in distress;(D)
my eyes are worn out from frustration—
my whole being[a] as well.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 31:9 Lit my soul and my belly

I will be glad and rejoice in your love,
    for you saw my affliction(A)
    and knew the anguish(B) of my soul.
You have not given me into the hands(C) of the enemy
    but have set my feet in a spacious place.(D)

Be merciful to me, Lord, for I am in distress;(E)
    my eyes grow weak with sorrow,(F)
    my soul and body(G) with grief.

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