Discovery BoxPsalms 31:21-22 
Context31:21 The Lord deserves praise 1
for he demonstrated his amazing faithfulness to me when I was besieged by enemies. 2
31:22 I jumped to conclusions and said, 3
“I am cut off from your presence!” 4
But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.
1 tn Heb “blessed [be] the
2 tn Heb “for he caused his faithfulness to be amazing to me in a besieged city.” The psalmist probably speaks figuratively here. He compares his crisis to being trapped in a besieged city, but the
3 tn Heb “and I, I said in my haste.”
4 tn Heb “from before your eyes.”
