I had said in my alarm,
'I am driven far from thy sight.'
But [in fact (אָכֵ֗ן)] thou didst hear my supplications,
when I cried to thee for help.
Ps 31:22 RSV. In the Septuagint and Vulgate "But in fact" (אָכֵ֗ן) becomes "Therefore" (ergone, Divine Office: ideo; διὰ τοῦτο):
Therefore thou has heard the voice of my prayer (Douay-Rheims)....
Therefore you listened to the voice of my petition (NETS)....
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