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Psalms 31
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1(32) [A Psalm] of instruction by David. Blessed [are they] whose transgressions are forgiven, and who sins are covered.
1In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
2Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin, and whose mouth there is no guile.
2Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
3Because I kept silence, my bones waxed old, from my crying all the day.
3For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me.
4For day and night your hand was heavy upon me: I became thoroughly miserable while a thorn was fastened in [me]. Pause.
4Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.
5I acknowledged my sin, and hid not my iniquity: I said, I will confess my iniquity to the Lord against myself; and you forgave the ungodliness of my heart. Pause.
5Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.
6Therefore shall every holy one pray to you in a fit time: only in the deluge of many waters they shall not come near to him.
6I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the Lord.
7You are my refuge from the affliction that encompasses me; my joy, to deliver me from them that have compassed me. Pause.
7I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
8I will instruct you and guide you in this way wherein you shall go: I will fix my eyes upon you.
8And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
9Be you⌃ not as horse and mule, which have no understanding; [but you must] constrain their jaws with bit and curb, lest they should come near to you.
9Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
10Many are the scourges of the sinner: but him that hopes in the Lord mercy shall compass about.
10For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
11Be glad in the Lord, and exult, you⌃ righteous: and glory, all you⌃ that are upright in heart.
11I 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.