Testaments

Psalms - Chapter 31 - King James Version

  1. In thee, OLORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
  2. Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
  3. For thouartmy rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me.
  4. Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thouartmy strength.
  5. Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, OLORDGod of truth.
  6. I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in theLORD.
  7. I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
  8. And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
  9. Have mercy upon me, OLORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief,yea, my soul and my belly.
  10. For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
  11. 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 a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
  13. For I have heard the slander of many: fearwason every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
  14. But I trusted in thee, OLORD: I said, Thouartmy God.
  15. My timesarein thy 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 for thy mercies’ sake.
  17. Let me not be ashamed, OLORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed,andlet them be silent in the grave.
  18. Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
  19. Ohhow greatisthy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee;whichthou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
  20. Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
  21. BlessedbetheLORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.
  22. For 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.
  23. O love theLORD, all ye his saints:fortheLORDpreserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
  24. Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in theLORD.