| Chapter
31 |
| 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. |
