Psalms 31

¹In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge;

²Bow down thine ear unto me; deliver me speedily:

³For thou art my rock and my fortress;

⁴Pluck me out of the net that they have laid privily for me;

⁵Into thy hand I commend my spirit:

⁶I hate them that regard lying vanities;

⁷I will be glad and rejoice in thy lovingkindness;

⁸And thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy;

⁹Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress:

¹⁰For my life is spent with sorrow,

¹¹Because of all mine adversaries I am become a reproach,

¹²I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind:

¹³For I have heard the defaming of many,

¹⁴But I trusted in thee, O Jehovah:

¹⁵My times are in thy hand:

¹⁶Make thy face to shine upon thy servant:

¹⁷Let me not be put to shame, O Jehovah; for I have called upon thee:

¹⁸Let the lying lips be dumb,

¹⁹Oh how great is thy goodness,

²⁰In the covert of thy presence wilt thou hide them from the plottings of man:

²¹Blessed be Jehovah;

²²As for me, I said in my haste,

²³Oh love Jehovah, all ye his saints:

²⁴Be strong, and let your heart take courage,