Noyes - Psalms - 31

31:1  In thee, O LORD! do I trust; let me never be put to shame; According to thy goodness deliver me!

31:2  Bow down thine ear to me; help me speedily! Be to me a strong rock, a high fortress, for my deliverance!

31:3  For thou art my rock and my high fortress; Be thou also my guide, and lead me, for thy name’s sake!

31:4  Draw me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me, For thou art my strength!

31:5  Into thy hand I commit my life; Thou wilt deliver me, O LORD, thou God of truth!

31:6  I hate those who regard lying vanities, And put my trust in the LORD.

31:7  I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy, That thou hast looked upon my trouble, And hast had regard to my distress;

31:8  That thou hast not given me up to the hands of my enemies, But hast set my feet in a wide place.

31:9  Have mercy upon me, O LORD! for I am in trouble! My face is consumed with grief; Yea, my spirit and my body.

31:10  For my life is wasted with sorrow, And my years with sighing; My strength faileth by reason of my affliction, And my bones are consumed on account of all my enemies.

31:11  I have become the scorn of my neighbors, And the terror of my acquaintance; They who see me abroad flee from me.

31:12  I am forgotten like a dead man out of mind; I am like a broken vessel.

31:13  I hear the slander of many; fear is on every side; For they take counsel together against me; They devise to take away my life.

31:14  But I trust in thee, O Jehovah! I say, "Thou art my God!"

31:15  My destiny is in thy hand; Deliver me from the power of my enemies and persecutors!

31:16  Let thy face shine upon thy servant, And save me through thy mercy!

31:17  Let me not be put to shame, O LORD! for I have called upon thee; Let the wicked be put to shame; Let them be silenced in the grave!

31:18  Let lying lips be put to silence, Which speak proud things against the righteous, With haughtiness and contempt!

31:19  O how great is thy goodness, which thou treasurest up for them that fear thee; Which thou showest to them that trust in thee, before the sons of men!

31:20  Thou hidest them in the secret place of thy presence from the machinations of men; Thou shelterest them in thy pavilion from the violence of tongues.

31:21  Praised be the LORD; for he hath shown me his wonderful kindness, As in a fortified city!

31:22  I said in my distress, "I am cut off from before thine eyes;" But thou didst hear the voice of my supplication, When I cried unto thee.

31:23  O love the LORD, all ye his servants; For the LORD preserveth the faithful, And requiteth the proud in full measure!

31:24  Be of good courage; let your hearts be strong, All ye who trust in the LORD!