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Psalm 31
To the
chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
1 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.
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Psalm 31
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