Psalms 31

1 Unto the end, a psalm for David, in an ecstasy. In thee, O Lord, have I hoped, let me never be confounded: deliver me in thy justice.

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

2 Bow down thy ear to me: make haste to deliver me. Be thou unto me a God, a protector, and 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 defence to save me.

3 For thou art my strength and my refuge; and for thy name’s sake thou wilt lead me, and nourish me.

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

4 Thou wilt bring me out of this snare, which they have hidden for me: for thou art my protector.

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

5 Into thy hands I commend my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, the God of truth.

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

6 Thou hast hated them that regard vanities, to no purpose. But I have hoped in the Lord:

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

7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy. For thou best regarded my humility, thou hast saved my soul out of 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 in the hands of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a spacious place.

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

9 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: my eye is troubled with wrath, my soul, and my belly:

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

10 For my life is wasted with grief: and my years in sighs. My strength is weakened through poverty and my bones are disturbed.

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

11 I am become a reproach among all my enemies, and very much to my neighbours; and a fear to my acquaintance. They that saw me without fled from me.

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

12 I am forgotten as one dead from the heart. I am become as a vessel that is destroyed.

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

13 For I have heard the blame of many that dwell round about. While they assembled together against me, they consulted to take away 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 have put my trust 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 out of the hands of my enemies; and from them that persecute me.

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

16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; save me in thy mercy.

Make your face to shine upon your servant: save me for your mercies' sake.

17 Let me not be confounded, O Lord, for I have called upon thee. Let the wicked be ashamed, and be brought down to hell. (Sheol h7585)

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

18 Let deceitful lips be made dumb. Which speak iniquity against the just, with pride and abuse.

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

19 O how great is the multitude of thy sweetness, O Lord, which thou hast hidden for them that fear thee! Which thou hast wrought for them that hope in thee, in the sight of the sons of men.

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

20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy face, from the disturbance of men. Thou shalt protect them in thy 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 hath shewn his wonderful mercy to me in a fortified city.

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

22 But I said in the excess of my mind: I am cast away from before thy eyes. Therefore thou hast heard the voice of my prayer, 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 unto you.

23 O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord will require truth, and will repay them abundantly that act proudly.

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

24 Do ye manfully, 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.