1 To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David. In Thee, O Jehovah, I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed to the age, In Thy righteousness deliver me. 2 Incline unto me Thine ear hastily, deliver me, Be to me for a strong rock, For a house of bulwarks to save me. 3 For my rock and my bulwark [art] Thou, For Thy name's sake lead me and tend me. 4 Bring me out from the net that they hid for me, For Thou [art] my strength. 5 Into Thy hand I commit my spirit, Thou hast redeemed me, Jehovah God of truth. 6 I have hated the observers of lying vanities, And I toward Jehovah have been confident. 7 I rejoice, and am glad in Thy kindness, In that Thou hast seen mine affliction, Thou hast known in adversities my soul. 8 And Thou hast not shut me up, Into the hand of an enemy, Thou hast caused my feet to stand in a broad place. 9 Favour me, O Jehovah, for distress [is] to me, Mine eye, my soul, and my body Have become old by provocation. 10 For my life hath been consumed in sorrow And my years in sighing. Feeble because of mine iniquity hath been my strength, And my bones have become old. 11 Among all mine adversaries I have been a reproach, And to my neighbours exceedingly, And a fear to mine acquaintances, Those seeing me without — fled from me. 12 I have been forgotten as dead out of mind, I have been as a perishing vessel. 13 For I have heard an evil account of many, Fear [is] round about. In their being united against me, To take my life they have devised, 14 And I on Thee — I have trusted, O Jehovah, I have said, 'Thou [art] my God.' 15 In Thy hand [are] my times, Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from my pursuers. 16 Cause Thy face to shine on Thy servant, Save me in Thy kindness. 17 O Jehovah, let me not be ashamed, For I have called Thee, let the wicked be ashamed, Let them become silent to Sheol. 18 Let lips of falsehood become dumb, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt. 19 How abundant is Thy goodness, That Thou hast laid up for those fearing Thee, 20 Thou hast wrought for those trusting in Thee, Before sons of men. Thou hidest them in the secret place of Thy presence, From artifices of man, Thou concealest them in a tabernacle, From the strife of tongues. 21 Blessed [is] Jehovah, For He hath made marvellous His kindness To me in a city of bulwarks. 22 And I — I have said in my haste, 'I have been cut off from before Thine eyes,' But Thou hast heard the voice of my supplications, In my crying unto Thee. 23 Love Jehovah, all ye His saints, Jehovah is keeping the faithful, And recompensing abundantly a proud doer. 24 Be strong, and He strengtheneth your heart, All ye who are waiting for Jehovah!
Psalms · Young's Literal Translation
Psalm 31 Young's Literal Translation
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Cross references (24)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Romans 10:11; Psalm 25:2; Psalm 71:1–3; Psalm 22:4–5; Psalm 143:1
- 2 Psalm 71:2–3; Psalm 102:2; Psalm 86:1; Deuteronomy 32:31; 1 John 4:15–16
- 3 Psalm 143:10–11; Isaiah 49:10; Psalm 25:5; John 16:13; Luke 1:79
- 4 Psalm 25:15; Psalm 140:5; Psalm 19:14; 2 Timothy 2:26; Psalm 57:6
- 5 Luke 23:46; Acts 7:59; Deuteronomy 32:4; Psalm 71:23; 1 Peter 1:18–19
- 6 Psalm 26:5; Jonah 2:8; Jeremiah 10:15; 1 Corinthians 10:20; Psalm 24:4
- 7 Isaiah 49:13; Isaiah 63:9; Psalm 119:153; 2 Timothy 2:19; Galatians 4:9
- 8 Job 36:16; Psalm 18:19; Psalm 4:1; Deuteronomy 32:30; 1 Samuel 17:46
- 9 Psalm 6:7; Psalm 88:9; Psalm 73:26; Job 17:7; Psalm 73:14
- 10 Psalm 32:3–4; Psalm 38:3; Psalm 88:15; Romans 9:2; Psalm 78:33
- 11 Psalm 38:11; Psalm 88:8; Matthew 26:56; Psalm 88:18; Psalm 41:8–9
- 12 Psalm 88:4–5; Psalm 119:83; Romans 9:21–22; Isaiah 30:14; Psalm 2:9
- 13 Jeremiah 20:10; Matthew 27:1; Lamentations 2:22; 1 Samuel 20:33; Psalm 101:5
- 14 Psalm 56:3–4; Psalm 18:2; Psalm 43:5; Psalm 16:1–2; Psalm 140:6
- 15 Acts 1:7; John 17:1; Ecclesiastes 3:1–8; John 7:6; Psalm 142:6
- 16 Psalm 4:6; Psalm 6:4; Psalm 80:3; Daniel 9:9; Romans 9:15
- 17 Psalm 25:2–3; Jeremiah 20:11; Psalm 115:17; Psalm 34:5; Isaiah 41:11–12
- 18 Jude 15; Psalm 94:4; 1 Samuel 2:3; Isaiah 54:17; Psalm 64:3–4
- 19 1 Corinthians 2:9; Isaiah 64:4; Lamentations 3:23–25; 1 Peter 1:4–5; Colossians 3:2–4
- 20 Psalm 27:5; Psalm 32:7; Psalm 91:1–4; Job 5:21; Psalm 64:2–4
- 21 1 Samuel 23:7–13; Psalm 17:7; Jeremiah 1:18; 1 Peter 2:9; Psalm 118:23
- 22 Psalm 116:11; Hebrews 5:7; Psalm 6:9; Psalm 88:16; Ezekiel 37:11
- 23 Psalm 97:10; Psalm 94:2; Psalm 145:20; John 10:27–30; Psalm 34:9
- 24 Psalm 27:14; Psalm 146:5; Isaiah 35:3–4; Colossians 1:11; Psalm 29:11
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
To the end, a Psalm of the joy of the Resurrection, and the change, the renewing of the body to an immortal state, and not only of the Lord, but also of the whole Church.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
But the Lord God was the hope of Thy servant, and He regarded not vanities and lying madness.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
However, they think that the divine oracles are not altogether silent on this point; for they ask to what purpose is it said, "How great is Thy goodness which Thou hast hidden for them that fear Thee," if it be not to teach us that the great and hidden sweetness of God's mercy is concealed in order that men may …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
But that these perversely compassionate persons may see what is the purport of these words, "How great is the abundance of Thy sweetness, Lord, which Thou hast hidden for them that fear Thee," let them read what follows: "And Thou hast perfected it for them that hope in Thee." For what means, "Thou hast hidden it for them that fear …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)