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Psalm 31

Psa. 31:22 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For I said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
in my haste
chaphaz (Hebrew #2648)
properly, to start up suddenly, i.e. (by implication) to hasten away, to fear
KJV usage: (make) haste (away), tremble.
Pronounce: khaw-faz'
Origin: a primitive root
, I am cut off
garaz (Hebrew #1629)
to cut off
KJV usage: cut off.
Pronounce: gaw-raz'
Origin: a primitive root
w from before
neged (Hebrew #5048)
a front, i.e. part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually (adverbial, especially with preposition) over against or before
KJV usage: about, (over) against, X aloof, X far (off), X from, over, presence, X other side, sight, X to view.
Pronounce: neh'-ghed
Origin: from 5046
thine eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
: nevertheless
'aken (Hebrew #403)
firmly; figuratively, surely; also (advers.) but
KJV usage: but, certainly, nevertheless, surely, truly, verily.
Pronounce: aw-kane'
Origin: from 3559 (compare 3651)
thou heardest
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
the voice
qowl (Hebrew #6963)
from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound
KJV usage: + aloud, bleating, crackling, cry (+ out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, + hold peace, (pro-)claim, proclamation, + sing, sound, + spark, thunder(-ing), voice, + yell.
Pronounce: kole
Origin: or qol {kole}
of my supplications
tachanuwn (Hebrew #8469)
from 2603; earnest prayer
KJV usage: intreaty, supplication.
Pronounce: takh-an-oon'
Origin: or (feminine) tachanuwnah {takh-an-oo-naw'}
when I cried
shava` (Hebrew #7768)
properly, to be free; but used only causatively and reflexively, to halloo (for help, i.e. freedom from some trouble)
KJV usage: cry (aloud, out), shout.
Pronounce: shaw-vah'
Origin: a primitive root
unto thee.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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I said.
I am.
Psa. 31:17• 17Let me not be ashamed, O Lord; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave. (Psa. 31:17)
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Psa. 31•  (Psa. 31)
:*marg:;
Psa. 88:16• 16Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off. (Psa. 88:16)
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Isa. 6:5• 5Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts. (Isa. 6:5)
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Isa. 6•  (Isa. 6)
:*marg;
Isa. 38:10‑12• 10I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
11I said, I shall not see the Lord, even the Lord, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
12Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
(Isa. 38:10‑12)
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Isa. 49:14• 14But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. (Isa. 49:14)
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Job 35:14• 14Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him. (Job 35:14)
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Lam. 3:54‑55• 54Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
55I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the low dungeon.
(Lam. 3:54‑55)
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Ezek. 37:11• 11Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts. (Ezek. 37:11)
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Jonah 2:4• 4Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. (Jonah 2:4)
nevertheless.
 He admits that, in the pressure of distress, he had for a moment spoken as cast out of God. Still faith was shown in the cry to the Lord, and he was heard. (Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 29-32 by J.N. Darby)
 Nevertheless, in the time of deepest trial, when God apparently was silent, the voice of his supplications had been heard. (Psalms 31 by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

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Or "agitation," "terror," "alarm."