Revised Version 1895

Psalms 31:1-18

1In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.

2Bow down thine ear unto meH5769; deliverH6403 meH5769 speedily: be thou to meH5769 a strong rock, an house of defence to save meH5769.

3For thou art my rockH6697 and my fortressH4581; therefore for thy name’s sake leadH413 meH413 and guide meH413.

4Pluck meH5148 out of the netH4686 that they have laid privily for meH5148; for thou art my strong hold.

5IntoH3318 thine hand I commend my spirit: thou hast redeemed meH3318, O LORD, thou God of truth.

6I hate them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORDH3068.

7I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercyH3068: for thou hast seen my affliction; thou hast known my soul in adversities:

8And thou hast notH5315 shut meH5315 upH7200 intoH7200 the hand of the enemy; thou hast setH834 my feet in a large place.

9Have mercy uponH3027 meH5462, O LORD, for I am in distressH3027: mine eye wasteth away with grief, yea, my soul and my body.

10For my lifeH5315 is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing: my strengthH5315 faileth becauseH3588 of mine iniquity, and my bones are wastedH6244 awayH6244.

11BecauseH3588 of allH3615 mine adversaries I am become a reproach, yeaH3588, unto my neighbours exceedingly, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see meH3615 without fled from meH3615.

12I am forgotten as a dead manH3605 outH4480 of mindH3045: I am like a broken vessel.

13For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side: whileH1961 they tookH1961 counsel together against meH7911, they devised to takeH1961 away my lifeH4191.

14But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I saidH8085, Thou art my God.

15My times are in thy hand: deliver meH5921 from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute meH5921.

16MakeH3027 thy face to shine uponH3027 thy servant: saveH5337 meH7291 in thy lovingkindness.

17Let meH6440 notH3467 he ashamed, O LORDH2617; for I have called uponH5921 thee: let the wicked be ashamed, let them be silent in Sheol.

18LetH408 the lying lips be dumb; which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.

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Revised Version 1895 — 1895 — Public Domain