Psalms 31
1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. In thee, O Lord, haue I put my trust: let mee neuer be confounded: deliuer me in thy righteousnesse.
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.
2 Bowe downe thine eare to me: make haste to deliuer mee: be vnto me a stronge rocke, and an house of defence to saue me.
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.
3 For thou art my rocke and my fortresse: therefore for thy Names sake direct mee and guide me.
For thou art my strength and my refuge; and thou shalt guide me for thy name's sake, and maintain me.
4 Drawe mee out of the nette, that they haue layde priuilie for mee: for thou art my strength.
Thou shalt bring me out of the snare which they have hidden for me; for thou, O Lord, art my defender.
5 Into thine hand I commend my spirit: for thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of trueth.
Into thine hands I will commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.
6 I haue hated them that giue them selues to deceitfull vanities: for I trust in the Lord.
Thou has hated them that idly persist in vanities: but I have hoped in the Lord.
7 I wil be glad and reioyce in thy mercie: for thou hast seene my trouble: thou hast knowen my soule in aduersities,
I will exult and be glad in thy mercy: for thou hast looked upon mine affliction; thou hast saved my soul from distresses.
8 And thou hast not shut me vp in the hand of the enemie, but hast set my feete at large.
And thou hast not shut me up into the hands of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a wide place.
9 Haue mercie vpon mee, O Lord: for I am in trouble: mine eye, my soule and my bellie are consumed with griefe.
Pity me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: my eye is troubled with indignation, my soul and by belly.
10 For my life is wasted with heauinesse, and my yeeres with mourning: my strength faileth for my paine, and my bones are consumed.
For my life is spent with grief, and my years with groanings: my strength has been weakened through poverty, and my bones are troubled.
11 I was a reproch among all mine enemies, but specially among my neighbours: and a feare to mine acquaintance, who seeing me in the streete, fled from me.
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.
12 I am forgotten, as a dead man out of minde: I am like a broken vessell.
I have been forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am become as a broken vessel.
13 For I haue heard the rayling of great men: feare was on euery side, while they conspired together against mee, and consulted to take my life.
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.
14 But I trusted in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God.
But I hoped in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God.
15 My times are in thine hande: deliuer mee from the hande of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
My lots are in thy hands: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies,
16 Make thy face to shine vpon thy seruant, and saue me through thy mercie.
and from them that persecute me. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me in thy mercy.
17 Let me not be confounded, O Lord: for I haue called vpon thee: let the wicked bee put to confusion, and to silence in the graue. (Sheol h7585)
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)
18 Let the lying lips be made dumme, which cruelly, proudly and spitefully speake against the righteous.
Let the deceitful lips become dumb, which speak iniquity against the righteous with pride and scorn.
19 Howe great is thy goodnesse, which thou hast layde vp for them, that feare thee! and done to them, that trust in thee, euen before the sonnes of men!
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.
20 Thou doest hide them priuily in thy presence from the pride of men: thou keepest them secretly in thy Tabernacle from the strife of tongues.
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.
21 Blessed be the Lord: for hee hath shewed his marueilous kindenesse toward me in a strong citie.
Blessed be the Lord: for he has magnified his mercy in a fortified city.
22 Though I said in mine haste, I am cast out of thy sight, yet thou heardest the voyce of my prayer, when I cryed vnto thee.
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.
23 Loue ye the Lord all his Saintes: for the Lord preserueth the faithfull, and rewardeth abundantly the proud doer.
Love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord seeks for truth, and renders [a reward] to them that deal very proudly.
24 All ye that trust in the Lord, be strong, and he shall establish your heart.
Be of good courage, and let your heart be strengthened, all ye that hope in the Lord.
