31:1In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
31:2Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
31:3For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.
31:4Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.
31:5Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
31:6I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.
31:7I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
31:8And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
31:9Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
31:10For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
31:11I 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.
31:12I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
31:13For 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.
31:14But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.
31:15My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
31:16Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.
31:17Let 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.
31:18Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
31:19Oh 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!
31:20Thou 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.
31:21Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.
31:22For 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.
31:23O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
31:24Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.
32:0A Psalm of David, Maschil.
32:1Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
32:2Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
32:3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
32:4For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
32:5I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
32:6For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
32:7Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
32:8I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
32:9Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
32:10Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
32:11Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
33:1Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.
33:2Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.
33:3Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.
33:4For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth.
33:5He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.
33:6By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
33:7He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
33:8Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
33:9For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
33:10The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
33:11The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
33:12Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
33:13The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.
33:14From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
33:15He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.
33:16There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
33:17An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
33:18Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
33:19To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
33:20Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
33:21For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.
33:22Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.