Psalms 31:7

“For we are consumed by thine anger, etc.] Kimchi applies this to the Jews in captivity; but it is to be understood of the Israelites in the wilderness, who are here introduced by Moses as owning and acknowledging that they were wasting and consuming there, as it was threatened they should; and that as an effect of the divine anger and displeasure occasioned by their sins; (see <041433>Numbers 14:33,35). Death is a consumption of the body; in the grave worms destroy the flesh and skin, and the reins of a man are consumed within him; hell is a consumption or destruction of the soul and body, though both always continue: saints, though consumed in body by death, yet not in anger; for when flesh…”

“hast known my soul, &c.--had regard to me in trouble.”

“I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy - I will triumph and joy in thy mercy; that is, in the mercy which he had already experienced, and in that which he still hoped to enjoy. He had had abundant proofs of that mercy; he hoped for still further proofs of it; and he says that he would find his joy in that, and not in what idols could give. For thou hast considered my trouble - In times past and now. He felt assured that his prayer would be regarded, and that God would relieve and deliver him. Thou hast known my soul in adversities - In the troubles that have come upon me. That is, God had seen and known all the feelings of his heart in the time of adversity; his sorrow and anxiety; his hope…”

“Known - Loved me, and cared for me. Psalms 31:8”

“I will: Psa 13:5; Isa 49:13; Jer 33:11 for: Psa 9:13, Psa 25:18, Psa 71:20, Psa 119:153; Neh 9:32; Job 10:9; Lam 3:50, Lam 5:1 known: Psa 1:6, Psa 142:3; Job 23:10; Isa 43:2, Isa 63:9, Isa 63:16; Joh 10:27-30; Co1 8:3; Gal 4:9; Ti2 2:19 Psalms 31:8”