Psalms 31 (KJV)

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

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

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

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

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

I have hated them that regard lying vanities: But I trust in the LORD .

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

Let the lying lips be put to silence; Which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

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!

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.

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

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.

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

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