“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.”
The psalmist acknowledges that in his panic he said he had been cut off from God's sight, yet God heard his supplication. The verb "I said in my alarm" suggests that the psalmist's fear led to a false conclusion. The phrase "I am cut off from your eyes" expresses the terror of abandonment. Yet the immediate following statement—"yet you heard my cry"—reverses that conclusion. This verse demonstrates an important truth about faith: panic and despair may lead to false convictions about God's absence.
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