Psalm 31 — Legacy Standard Bible

Into Your Hand I Commit My Spirit

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.

^aIn You, O Yahweh, I have taken refuge;Let me never ^bbe ashamed;^cIn Your righteousness protect me.²^aIncline Your ear to me, deliver me quickly;Be to me a ^brock of ¹strength,A fortress to save me.³For You are my ¹^,^ahigh rock and my fortress;For ^bYour name’s sake You will lead me and guide me.⁴You will ^abring me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me,For You are my ^bstrength.⁵^aInto Your hand I commit my spirit;You have ^bransomed me, O Yahweh, ^cGod of truth.⁶I hate those who ^aregard worthless idols,But I ^btrust in Yahweh.⁷I will ^arejoice and be glad in Your lovingkindness,Because You have ^bseen my affliction;You have known the troubles of my soul,⁸And You have not ^agiven me over into the hand of the enemy;You have set my feet in a large place.⁹Be gracious to me, O Yahweh, for ^aI am in distress;My ^beye is wasted away from grief, ^cmy soul and ¹my body also.¹⁰For my life is worn down with ^asorrowAnd my years with sighing;My ^bstrength fails because of my iniquity,And ^cmy bones waste away.¹¹Among all my adversaries, I have become a ^areproach,Especially to my ^bneighbors,And an object of dread to my acquaintances;Those who see me in the street flee from me.¹²I am ^aforgotten like a dead man—out of ¹mind—I am like a broken vessel.¹³For I have heard ¹^,^athe bad report of many,^bTerror is on every side;While they ^ctook counsel together against me,They ^dschemed to take my life.¹⁴But as for me, I trust in You, O Yahweh,I say, “^aYou are my God.”¹⁵My ^atimes are in Your hand;^bDeliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those who pursue me.¹⁶Make Your ^aface to shine upon Your slave;^bSave me in Your lovingkindness.¹⁷O Yahweh, let me not be ^aput to shame, for I call upon You;Let the ^bwicked be put to shame, let them ^cbe silent in Sheol.¹⁸Let the ^alying lips be mute,Which ^bspeak arrogantly against the righteousWith lofty pride and contempt.¹⁹How great is Your ^agoodness,Which You have stored up for those who fear You,Which You have worked for those who ^btake refuge in You,^cBefore the sons of men!²⁰You hide them in the ^asecret place of Your presence from the ^bconspiracies of man;You keep them secretly in a ¹shelter from the ^cstrife of tongues.²¹^aBlessed be Yahweh,For He has made ^bmarvelous His lovingkindness to me in a besieged ^ccity.²²As for me, ^aI said in my alarm,“I am ^bcut off from before Your eyes”;Nevertheless, You ^cheard the voice of my supplicationsWhen I cried to You for help.²³Oh, love Yahweh, all you ^aHis holy ones!Yahweh ^bguards the faithfulBut ^crepays fully the one who acts in lofty pride.²⁴^aBe strong and let your heart take courage,All you who wait for Yahweh.