The verse describes remaining in affliction while waiting for the Lord to turn His gaze earthward from heaven. That waiting is fixed upon His seeing, with the sufferer held before Him until He beholds the distress. It does not resolve beforehand but endures till that heavenly looking down takes place. In this sense it is a plea to bear present suffering until the Lord answers by seeing it.
The verse describes remaining in affliction while waiting for the Lord to turn His gaze earthward from heaven. That waiting is fixed upon His seeing, with the sufferer held before Him until He beholds the distress. It does not resolve beforehand but endures till that heavenly looking down takes place. In this sense it is a plea to bear present suffering until the Lord answers by seeing it.