Psalms 31

1 For the end, a Psalm of David, [an utterance] of extreme fear. O Lord, I have hoped in thee; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness and rescue me.

In you, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in your righteousness.

2 Incline thine ear to me; make haste to rescue me: be thou to me for a protecting God, and for a house of refuge to save me.

Bow down your ear to me; deliver me speedily: be you my strong rock, for an house of defense to save me.

3 For thou art my strength and my refuge; and thou shalt guide me for thy name's sake, and maintain me.

For you are my rock and my fortress; therefore for your name’s sake lead me, and guide me.

4 Thou shalt bring me out of the snare which they have hidden for me; for thou, O Lord, art my defender.

Pull me out of the net that they have laid privately for me: for you are my strength.

5 Into thine hands I will commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.

Into your hand I commit my spirit: you have redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.

6 Thou has hated them that idly persist in vanities: but I have hoped in the Lord.

I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.

7 I will exult and be glad in thy mercy: for thou hast looked upon mine affliction; thou hast saved my soul from distresses.

I will be glad and rejoice in your mercy: for you have considered my trouble; you have known my soul in adversities;

8 And thou hast not shut me up into the hands of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a wide place.

And have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: you have set my feet in a large room.

9 Pity me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: my eye is troubled with indignation, my soul and by belly.

Have mercy on me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: my eye is consumed with grief, yes, my soul and my belly.

10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with groanings: my strength has been weakened through poverty, and my bones are troubled.

For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

11 I became a reproach among all mine enemies, but exceedingly so to my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that saw me without fled from me.

I was a reproach among all my enemies, but especially among my neighbors, and a fear to my acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.

12 I have been forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am become as a broken vessel.

I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.

13 For I heard the slander of many that dwelt round about: when they were gathered together against me, they took counsel to take my life.

For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

14 But I hoped in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God.

But I trusted in you, O LORD: I said, You are my God.

15 My lots are in thy hands: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies,

My times are in your hand: deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from them that persecute me.

16 and from them that persecute me. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me in thy mercy.

Make your face to shine on your servant: save me for your mercies’ sake.

17 O Lord, let me not be ashamed, for I have called upon thee: let the ungodly be ashamed, and brought down to Hades. (Sheol h7585)

Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called on you: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave. (Sheol h7585)

18 Let the deceitful lips become dumb, which speak iniquity against the righteous with pride and scorn.

Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

19 How abundant is the multitude of thy goodness, O Lord, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee! thou hast wrought [it] out for them that hope on thee, in the presence of the sons of men.

Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for them that fear you; which you have worked for them that trust in you before the sons of men!

20 Thou wilt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the vexation of man: thou wilt screen them in a tabernacle from the contradiction of tongues.

You shall hide them in the secret of your presence from the pride of man: you shall keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

21 Blessed be the Lord: for he has magnified his mercy in a fortified city.

Blessed be the LORD: for he has showed me his marvelous kindness in a strong city.

22 But I said in my extreme fear, I am cast out from the sight of thine eyes: therefore thou didst hearken, O Lord, to the voice of my supplication when I cried to thee.

For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before your eyes: nevertheless you heard the voice of my supplications when I cried to you.

23 Love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord seeks for truth, and renders [a reward] to them that deal very proudly.

O love the LORD, all you his saints: for the LORD preserves the faithful, and plentifully rewards the proud doer.

24 Be of good courage, and let your heart be strengthened, all ye that hope in the Lord.

Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all you that hope in the LORD.