Psalms 31
24 verses
Psalm 31 is a lament expressing deep distress and social isolation while maintaining confidence in divine protection, exemplifying the theological concerns of Book 2. The psalmist employs vivid imagery and direct address to God, establishing the intimate dialogue between worshiper and the divine that characterizes the psalmic tradition. The theological assertions center on God's character as both judge and redeemer, creating a comprehensive vision of divine justice and mercy integrated with human experience. The psalm reflects on both personal circumstance and communal identity, suggesting that individual faith finds validation through shared experience with the covenant community. The liturgical context indicates this psalm's function in worship where personal piety integrates with communal celebration of God's acts and attributes. The concluding movement typically affirms confidence in God's faithfulness, exemplifying the psalmic pattern of transformation through prayer and remembrance of divine acts throughout history.
VERSES IN THIS CHAPTER
1
In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
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2
Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
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For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me.
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Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.
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Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.
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I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the Lord.
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I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
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And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
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Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
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For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
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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.
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12
I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
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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.
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14
But I trusted in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God.
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15
My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
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God is faithful in every circumstance.. The contrast between human weakness and divine strength is so vivid in this pass...
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Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’ sake.
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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.
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18
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
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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!
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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.
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Blessed be the Lord: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.
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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.
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23
O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
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Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.
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