For the end, a Psalm of David, [an utterance] of extreme fear.

31:1 O Lord, I have hoped in thee; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness and rescue me.

31:2 Incline thine ear to me; make haste to rescue me: be thou to me for a protecting God, and for a house of refuge to save me.

31:3 For thou art my strength and my refuge; and thou shalt guide me for thy name's sake, and maintain me.

31:4 Thou shalt bring me out of the snare which they have hidden for me; for thou, O Lord, art my defender.

31:5 Into thine hands I will commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.

31:6 Thou has hated them that idly persist in vanities: but I have hoped in the Lord.

31:7 I will exult and be glad in thy mercy: for thou hast looked upon mine affliction; thou hast saved my soul from distresses.

31:8 And thou hast not shut me up into the hands of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a wide place.

31:9 Pity me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: my eye is troubled with indignation, my soul and by belly.

31:10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with groanings: my strength has been weakened through poverty, and my bones are troubled.

31:11 I became a reproach among all mine enemies, but exceedingly so to my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that saw me without fled from me.

31:12 I have been forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am become as a broken vessel.

31:13 For I heard the slander of many that dwelt round about: when they were gathered together against me, they took counsel to take my life.

31:14 But I hoped in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God.

31:15 My lots are in thy hands: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies,

31:16 and from them that persecute me. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me in thy mercy.

31:17 O Lord, let me not be ashamed, for I have called upon thee: let the ungodly be ashamed, and brought down to Hades.

31:18 Let the deceitful lips become dumb, which speak iniquity against the righteous with pride and scorn.

31:19 How abundant is the multitude of thy goodness, O Lord, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee! thou hast wrought [it] out for them that hope on thee, in the presence of the sons of men.

31:20 Thou wilt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the vexation of man: thou wilt screen them in a tabernacle from the contradiction of tongues.

31:21 Blessed be the Lord: for he has magnified his mercy in a fortified city.

31:22 But I said in my extreme fear, I am cast out from the sight of thine eyes: therefore thou didst hearken, O Lord, to the voice of my supplication when I cried to thee.

31:23 Love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord seeks for truth, and renders [a reward] to them that deal very proudly.

31:24 Be of good courage, and let your heart be strengthened, all ye that hope in the Lord.

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

31:1 In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.

31:2 Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.

31:3 For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.

31:4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.

31:5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.

31:6 I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.

31:7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;

31:8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.

31:9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.

31:10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

31:11 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.

31:12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.

31:13 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.

31:14 But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.

31:15 My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

31:16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.

31:17 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.

31:18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

31:19 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!

31:20 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.

31:21 Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.

31:22 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.

31:23 O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.

31:24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.