Psalm 31:7

I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;

Cross-reference

Psalm 13:5 Parallel

In Psalm 13:5, the psalmist similarly rejoices in God's unfailing love — echoing the same trust and joy in divine faithfulness.

Psalm 71:20 Related theme

In Psalm 71:20, the psalmist acknowledges God has seen his troubles and promises restoration — a similar trajectory of affliction known by God leading to deliverance.

Psalm 142:3 Parallel

In Psalm 142:3, the psalmist says God knows his way when his spirit faints — directly parallel to God knowing the anguish of the soul here.

Psalm 59:16 Parallel

In Psalm 59:16, the psalmist sings of God's steadfast love as a refuge in distress — directly parallel to rejoicing in steadfast love after affliction in Psalm 31:7.

Psalm 9:13 Parallel

In Psalm 9:13, the psalmist pleads for God to see his persecution — the same appeal that Psalm 31:7 celebrates as already answered.

Psalm 25:18 Parallel

In Psalm 25:18, the psalmist asks God to look on his affliction — the very thing Psalm 31:7 rejoices that God has done.

In Psalm 119:153, the psalmist asks God to look on his suffering — echoing the theme of divine awareness of affliction that Psalm 31:7 celebrates.

Isaiah 63:9 Parallel

In Isaiah 63:9, God himself was distressed in all their distress — intensifying the empathy implied by God seeing the psalmist's anguish.

In Lamentations 5:1, the community echoes the same plea for God to see their disgrace — mirroring the psalmist's confidence that God already saw his affliction.

In Genesis 31:42, Jacob uses the same phrase 'God saw my affliction' — a direct verbal parallel affirming God's awareness of suffering.

In Lamentations 3:50, the writer longs for the LORD to look down and see — the same divine attention that Psalm 31:7 celebrates as already given.

In Deuteronomy 2:7, God knows Israel's wilderness journey — parallel to the psalmist's confidence that God knows his distress.

Nehemiah 9:32 Related theme

In Nehemiah 9:32, the people ask God to see their hardship — a communal version of the personal affliction God saw in Psalm 31:7.

Job 23:10 Parallel

In Job 23:10, Job affirms God knows his way and will refine him — adding the testing dimension to God's knowledge of suffering.

Isaiah 43:2 Parallel

In Isaiah 43:2, God promises to be with his people through waters and rivers — extending the theme of divine care in affliction beyond just seeing.

Isaiah 49:13 Related theme

In Isaiah 49:13, God's compassion on the afflicted is celebrated — mirroring the psalmist's joy that God saw his affliction.