“I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;”
The psalmist declares that he will rejoice and be glad in God's lovingkindness, because God has seen his affliction and known his soul's distress. The verbs "rejoice" and "be glad" express the emotional response to experiencing God's grace and recognition. The phrase "in your lovingkindness" grounds joy not in external circumstances but in awareness of God's covenant loyalty. The affirmation that God "knows my soul in adversities" suggests that the psalmist has experienced God's personal and concerned recognition. This verse moves from petition to testimony.
Church Fathers on Psalms 31:7
To the end, a psalm of David himself, an ecstasy. 1. To the end a Psalm of David Himself, the Mediator strong of hand in persecutions. For the word ecstasy, which is added to the title, signifies a transport of the mind, which is produced either by a panic, or by some revelation. But in this Psalm the panic of the people of God troubled by the persecution of all the heathen, and by the failing of faith throughout the world, is principally seen. But first the Mediator Himself…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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