Psalms 31

1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.

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.

2 Bow down thine ear unto me; deliver me speedily: be thou to me a strong rock, an house of defence to save me.

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.

3 For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me and guide me.

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

4 Pluck me out of the net that they have laid privily for me; for thou art my strong hold.

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

5 Into thine hand I commend my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD, thou God of truth.

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

6 I hate them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.

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

7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast seen my affliction; thou hast known my soul in adversities:

I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy. For thou best regarded my humility, thou hast saved my soul out of distresses.

8 And thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; thou hast set my feet in a large place.

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

9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in distress: mine eye wasteth away with grief, [yea], my soul and my body.

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

10 For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are wasted away.

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

11 Because of all mine adversaries I am become a reproach, yea, unto my neighbours exceedingly, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.

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.

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

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

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

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.

14 But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.

But I have put my trust in thee, O Lord: I said: Thou art my God.

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

My lots are in thy hands. Deliver me out of the hands of my enemies; and from them that persecute me.

16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me in thy lovingkindness.

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

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

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)

18 Let the lying lips be dumb; which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.

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

19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, which thou hast wrought for them that put their trust in thee, before the sons of men!

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.

20 In the covert of thy presence shalt thou hide them from the plottings of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

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.

21 Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvelous lovingkindness in a strong city.

Blessed be the Lord, for he hath shewn his wonderful mercy to me in a fortified city.

22 As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.

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.

23 O love the LORD, all ye his saints: the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.

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

24 Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all ye that hope in the LORD.

Do ye manfully, and let your heart be strengthened, all ye that hope in the Lord.