Psalms 31:5-23

⁵Into thine hand I commend my spirit: for thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of trueth.

⁶I haue hated them that giue them selues to deceitfull vanities: for I trust in the Lord.

⁷I wil be glad and reioyce in thy mercie: for thou hast seene my trouble: thou hast knowen my soule in aduersities,

⁸And thou hast not shut me vp in the hand of the enemie, but hast set my feete at large.

⁹Haue mercie vpon mee, O Lord: for I am in trouble: mine eye, my soule and my bellie are consumed with griefe.

¹⁰For my life is wasted with heauinesse, and my yeeres with mourning: my strength faileth for my paine, and my bones are consumed.

¹¹I was a reproch among all mine enemies, but specially among my neighbours: and a feare to mine acquaintance, who seeing me in the streete, fled from me.

¹²I am forgotten, as a dead man out of minde: I am like a broken vessell.

¹³For I haue heard the rayling of great men: feare was on euery side, while they conspired together against mee, and consulted to take my life.

¹⁴But I trusted in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God.

¹⁵My times are in thine hande: deliuer mee from the hande of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

¹⁶Make thy face to shine vpon thy seruant, and saue me through thy mercie.

¹⁷Let me not be confounded, O Lord: for I haue called vpon thee: let the wicked bee put to confusion, and to silence in the graue.

¹⁸Let the lying lips be made dumme, which cruelly, proudly and spitefully speake against the righteous.

¹⁹Howe great is thy goodnesse, which thou hast layde vp for them, that feare thee! and done to them, that trust in thee, euen before the sonnes of men!

²⁰Thou doest hide them priuily in thy presence from the pride of men: thou keepest them secretly in thy Tabernacle from the strife of tongues.

²¹Blessed be the Lord: for hee hath shewed his marueilous kindenesse toward me in a strong citie.

²²Though I said in mine haste, I am cast out of thy sight, yet thou heardest the voyce of my prayer, when I cryed vnto thee.

²³Loue ye the Lord all his Saintes: for the Lord preserueth the faithfull, and rewardeth abundantly the proud doer.