Psalm 31–32

Into Your Hand I Commit My Spirit

31To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

^1oIn you, O Lord, do I ^ptake refuge;

^qlet me never be put to shame;

in your ^rrighteousness deliver me!

²Incline your ear to me;

rescue me speedily!

Be ^sa rock of ^trefuge for me,

a strong fortress to save me!

³For you are my rock and my fortress;

and for your ^uname’s sake you lead me and guide me;

⁴you ^vtake me out of ^wthe net they have hidden for me,

for you are my ^xrefuge.

^5yInto your hand I commit my spirit;

you have redeemed me, O Lord, ^zfaithful God.

⁶I ^ahate¹ those who pay ^bregard to worthless ^cidols,

but I trust in the Lord.

⁷I will rejoice and be glad in your steadfast love,

because you have seen my affliction;

you have ^dknown the distress of my soul,

⁸and you have not ^edelivered me into the hand of the enemy;

you have set my feet in ^fa broad place.

⁹Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am ^gin distress;

^hmy eye is wasted from grief;

my soul and my body also.

¹⁰For my life is spent with sorrow,

and my years with sighing;

my strength fails because of my iniquity,

and ⁱmy bones waste away.

¹¹Because of all my adversaries I have become ^ja reproach,

especially to my ^kneighbors,

and an object of dread to my acquaintances;

those who see me in the street ^lflee from me.

¹²I have been ^mforgotten like one who is dead;

I have become like ⁿa broken vessel.

¹³For I ^ohear the whispering of many—

terror on every side!—

^pas they scheme together against me,

as they plot to take my life.

¹⁴But I ^qtrust in you, O Lord;

I say, “You are my God.”

¹⁵My ^rtimes are in your hand;

^srescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors!

^16tMake your face shine on your servant;

save me in your steadfast love!

¹⁷O Lord, ^ulet me not be put to shame,

for I call upon you;

let the wicked be put to shame;

let them go ^vsilently to Sheol.

¹⁸Let the lying lips be mute,

which ^wspeak ^xinsolently against the righteous

in pride and contempt.

¹⁹Oh, how abundant is your goodness,

which you have stored up for those who fear you

and worked for those who take refuge in you,

^yin the sight of the children of mankind!

²⁰In ^zthe cover of your presence you hide them

from the plots of men;

you ^astore them in your shelter

from the strife of tongues.

²¹Blessed be the Lord,

for he has wondrously ^bshown his steadfast love to me

when I was in ^ca besieged city.

²²I had said in my ^dalarm,²

“I am ^ecut off from ^fyour sight.”

But you heard the voice of my pleas for mercy

when I cried to you for help.

²³Love the Lord, all you his ^gsaints!

The Lord preserves the faithful

but abundantly ^hrepays the one who acts in pride.

²⁴ⁱBe strong, and let your heart take courage,

all you who wait for the Lord!

Blessed Are the Forgiven

32A Maskil¹ of David.

^1jBlessed is the one whose ^ktransgression is forgiven,

whose sin is covered.

²Blessed is the man against whom the Lord ^lcounts no iniquity,

and in whose spirit ^mthere is no deceit.

³For when I kept silent, my ⁿbones wasted away

through my ^ogroaning all day long.

⁴For day and night your ^phand was heavy upon me;

my strength was dried up² as by the heat of summer. Selah

⁵I ^qacknowledged my sin to you,

and I did not cover my iniquity;

I said, “I ^rwill confess my transgressions to the Lord,”

and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

⁶Therefore let everyone who is ^sgodly

offer prayer to you at a time when you ^tmay be found;

surely in the rush of ^ugreat waters,

they shall not reach him.

⁷You are a ^vhiding place for me;

you preserve me from ^wtrouble;

you surround me with ^xshouts of deliverance. Selah

⁸I will ^yinstruct you and teach you in the way you should go;

I will ^zcounsel you with my eye upon you.

^9aBe not like a horse or a mule, without understanding,

which must be curbed with ^bbit and bridle,

or it will not stay near you.

^10cMany are the sorrows of the wicked,

but steadfast love surrounds the one who ^dtrusts in the Lord.

^11eBe glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous,

and ^fshout for joy, all you ^gupright in heart!