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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Psalm 31</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/31.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc//psalms/31-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/psalms/">Psalm</a> > Psalm 31</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/30.htm" title="Psalm 30">◄</a> Psalm 31 <a href="../psalms/32.htm" title="Psalm 32">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/psalms/31.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/psalms/31.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/psalms/31.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/psalms/31.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/psalms/31.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/psalms/31.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/psalms/31.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Into Your Hands I Commit My Spirit<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../luke/23.htm#44">Luke 23:44–49</a>)</span><p class="pshdg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/31-1.htm"><b></b></a></span>For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="#"><b>1</b></a></span>In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; <p class="indent2"> let me never be put to shame; <p class="indent2"> save me by Your righteousness. <A name="3"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/31-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Incline Your ear to me; <p class="indent2"> come quickly to my rescue. <p class="indent1"> Be my rock of refuge, <p class="indent2"> the stronghold of my deliverance. <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/31-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For You are my rock and my fortress; <p class="indent2"> lead me and guide me for the sake of Your name. <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/31-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>You free me from the net laid out for me, <p class="indent2"> for You are my refuge. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/31-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Into Your hands I commit my spirit;<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <p class="indent2"> You have redeemed me, O LORD, God of truth. <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/31-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I hate<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> those who cling to worthless idols, <p class="indent2"> but in the LORD I trust. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/31-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion, <p class="indent2"> for You have seen my affliction; <p class="indent2"> You have known the anguish of my soul. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/31-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>You have not delivered me to the enemy; <p class="indent2"> You have set my feet in the open. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/31-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Be merciful to me, O LORD, <p class="indent2"> for I am in distress; <p class="indent1"> my eyes fail from sorrow, <p class="indent2"> my soul and body as well. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/31-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For my life is consumed with grief <p class="indent2"> and my years with groaning; <p class="indent1"> my iniquity has drained my strength, <p class="indent2"> and my bones are wasting away. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/31-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, <p class="indent2"> and among my neighbors even more. <p class="indent1"> I am dreaded by my friends—<p class="indent2"> they flee when they see me on the street. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/31-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. <p class="indent2"> I am like a broken vessel. <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/31-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For I hear the slander of many; <p class="indent2"> there is terror on every side. <p class="indent1"> They conspire against me <p class="indent2"> and plot to take my life. <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/31-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But I trust in You, O LORD; <p class="indent2"> I say, “You are my God.” <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/31-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>My times are in Your hands; <p class="indent2"> deliver me from my enemies <p class="indent2"> and from those who pursue me. <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/31-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Make Your face shine on Your servant; <p class="indent2"> save me by Your loving devotion. <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/31-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>O LORD, let me not be ashamed, <p class="indent2"> for I have called on You. <p class="indent1"> Let the wicked be put to shame; <p class="indent2"> let them lie silent in Sheol. <A name="19"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/31-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>May lying lips be silenced—<p class="indent2"> lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, <p class="indent2"> full of pride and contempt. <A name="20"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/31-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>How great is Your goodness <p class="indent2"> which You have laid up for those who fear You, <p class="indent1"> which You have bestowed before the sons of men <p class="indent2"> on those who take refuge in You! <A name="21"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/31-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>You hide them in the secret place of Your presence <p class="indent2"> from the schemes of men. <p class="indent1"> You conceal them in Your shelter <p class="indent2"> from accusing tongues. <A name="22"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/31-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Blessed be the LORD, <p class="indent2"> for He has shown me His loving devotion <p class="indent2"> in a city under siege. <A name="23"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/31-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>In my alarm I said, <p class="indent2">“I am cut off from Your sight!” <p class="indent1"> But You heard my plea for mercy <p class="indent2"> when I called to You for help. <A name="24"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/31-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Love the LORD, all His saints. <p class="indent2"> The LORD preserves the faithful, <p class="indent2"> but fully repays the arrogant. <A name=""></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/31-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Be strong and courageous, <p class="indent2"> all you who hope in the LORD.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Cited in <a href="../luke/23.htm#46">Luke 23:46</a><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> MT; one Hebrew manuscript, LXX, and Syriac <i>You hate</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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