Psalms 31

1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; save me by Your righteousness.

2 Incline Your ear to me; come quickly to my rescue. Be my rock of refuge, the stronghold of my deliverance.

3 For You are my rock and my fortress; lead me and guide me for the sake of Your name.

4 You free me from the net laid out for me, for You are my refuge.

5 Into Your hands I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O LORD, God of truth.

6 I hate those who cling to worthless idols, but in the LORD I trust.

7 I will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion, for You have seen my affliction; You have known the anguish of my soul.

8 You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.

9 Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.

10 For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.

11 Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends—they flee when they see me on the street.

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

13 For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.

14 But I trust in You, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.”

15 My times are in Your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.

16 Make Your face shine on Your servant; save me by Your loving devotion.

17 O LORD, let me not be ashamed, for I have called on You. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them lie silent in Sheol.

18 May lying lips be silenced—lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.

19 How great is Your goodness which You have laid up for those who fear You, which You have bestowed before the sons of men on those who take refuge in You!

20 You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the schemes of men. You conceal them in Your shelter from accusing tongues.

21 Blessed be the LORD, for He has shown me His loving devotion in a city under siege.

22 In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.

23 Love the LORD, all His saints. The LORD preserves the faithful, but fully repays the arrogant.

24 Be strong and courageous, all you who hope in the LORD.

1 ¶ To 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.

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 thou [art] my 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 thou [art] my strength.

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

6 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 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, O LORD, 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: fear [was] on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

14 But I trusted 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.

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

17 Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, [and] let 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 ¶ [Oh] how great [is] thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; [which] thou 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 Blessed [be] the LORD: 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 the LORD, all ye his saints: [for] the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.

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

1 a psalm of David, to be sung.

2 In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust. Let me never be put to shame; save me through your righteousness.

3 Incline thine ears unto me; hasten thou to help me. Be thou a strong rock and a fortress unto me, that thou mayest help me.

4 For thou art my rock and my fortress, and for thy name's sake thou wilt guide and lead me.

5 Thou wilt pull me out of the net which they have set for me: for thou art my strength.

6 Into thy hands I commend my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD, thou faithful God.

7 I hate them that hold fast loose doctrine: but I hope in the LORD.

8 I am glad and rejoice in thy lovingkindness, because thou lookest upon my affliction, and knowest my soul in trouble.

9 and deliverest me not into the hands of the enemy: thou settest my feet upon a broad place.

10 O Lord, have mercy upon me: for I am afraid: my frame is gone down with grief, and my soul, and my belly.

11 For my life is consumed with sorrow, and my days with sighing; my strength is consumed with mine iniquity, and my bones are fainted.

12 I am so wicked, that I am a great reproach to my neighbours, and an abhorrence to my kinsmen: they that see me in the street flee from me.

13 Mine is forgotten in the heart as of a dead man; I am become as a broken vessel.

14 For many reproach me, that all men are afraid of me: they counsel together against me, and think to take away my life.

15 But I, O LORD, hope in thee, and say, Thou art my God.

16 My time is in thy hands. Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

17 Let thy face shine upon thy servant: help me by thy lovingkindness.

18 O LORD, let me not be put to shame: for I call upon thee. The wicked shall be ashamed, and shall be ashamed in hell.

19 Let false mouths be put to silence, which speak against the righteous, stiffly, proudly, and scornfully.

20 How great is thy lovingkindness, which thou hast hid from them that fear thee, and hast shewed to them that trust in thee before men.

21 Thou hidest them secretly in thine own house from every man's defiance: thou hidest them in the tabernacle from the brawling tongues.

22 Praise be unto the LORD, that he hath shewed me a marvellous kindness in a strong city.

23 For I said in my anguish, I am cast out of thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications, when I cried unto thee.

24 Love the LORD, all ye his saints. The LORD keepeth the faithful, and rewardeth him that is proud.

25 Be of good cheer and of good courage, all ye that wait upon the LORD.