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World English Bible

Psalm 31 (WEBP)

[1] In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Let me never be disappointed. Deliver me in your righteousness.
[2] Bow down your ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be to me a strong rock, a house of defense to save me.
[3] For you are my rock and my fortress, therefore for your name’s sake lead me and guide me.
[4] Pluck me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, for you are my stronghold.
[5] Into your hand I commend my spirit. You redeem me, Yahweh, God of truth.
[6] I hate those who regard lying vanities, but I trust in Yahweh.
[7] I will be glad and rejoice in your loving kindness, for you have seen my affliction. You have known my soul in adversities.
[8] You have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy. You have set my feet in a large place.
[9] Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am in distress. My eye, my soul, and my body waste away with grief.
[10] For my life is spent with sorrow, my years with sighing. My strength fails because of my iniquity. My bones are wasted away.
[11] Because of all my adversaries I have become utterly contemptible to my neighbors, a horror to my acquaintances. Those who saw me on the street fled from me.
[12] I am forgotten from their hearts like a dead man. I am like broken pottery.
[13] For I have heard the slander of many, terror on every side, while they conspire together against me, they plot to take away my life.
[14] But I trust in you, Yahweh. I said, “You are my God.”
[15] My times are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.
[16] Make your face to shine on your servant. Save me in your loving kindness.
[17] Let me not be disappointed, Yahweh, for I have called on you. Let the wicked be disappointed. Let them be silent in Sheol.
[18] Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.
[19] Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the sons of men!
[20] In the shelter of your presence you will hide them from the plotting of man. You will keep them secretly in a dwelling away from the strife of tongues.
[21] Praise be to Yahweh, for he has shown me his marvelous loving kindness in a strong city.
[22] As for me, I said in my haste, “I am cut off from before your eyes.” Nevertheless you heard the voice of my petitions when I cried to you.
[23] Oh love Yahweh, all you his saints! Yahweh preserves the faithful, and fully recompenses him who behaves arrogantly.
[24] Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who hope in Yahweh.

Psalm 31:17 Sheol is the place of the dead.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Psalm 31 (KJVS)

[1] In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; Let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
[2] Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: Be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
[3] For thou art my rock and my fortress; Therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me.
[4] Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: For thou art my strength.
[5] Into thine hand I commit my spirit: Thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.
[6] I have hated them that regard lying vanities: But I trust in the Lord.
[7] I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: For thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
[8] And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: Thou hast set my feet in a large room.
[9] Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: Mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
[10] For my life is spent with grief, And my years with sighing: My strength faileth because of mine iniquity, And my bones are consumed.
[11] I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, And a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
[12] I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
[13] For I have heard the slander of many: Fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, They devised to take away my life.
[14] But I trusted in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God.
[15] My times are in thy hand: Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
[16] Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: Save me for thy mercies’ sake.
[17] Let me not be ashamed, O Lord; for I have called upon thee: Let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.
[18] Let the lying lips be put to silence; Which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
[19] Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; Which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
[20] Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: Thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
[21] Blessed be the Lord: For he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.
[22] For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of My supplications when I cried unto thee.
[23] O love the Lord, all ye his saints: For the Lord preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
[24] Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, All ye that hope in the Lord.

Psalm 31:2 Heb. to me for a rock of strength
Psalm 31:12 Heb. a vessel that perisheth
Psalm 31:17 Or, let them be cut off for the grave
Psalm 31:18 Heb. a hard thing
Psalm 31:21 Or, fenced city

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Psalm 31 (BYZ)

[1] Εἰς () τὸ () τέλος· () ψαλμὸς () τῷ () Δαυιδ· () ἐκστάσεως. () Ἐπὶ () σοί, () κύριε, () ἤλπισα, () μὴ () καταισχυνθείην () εἰς () τὸν () αἰῶνα· () ἐν () τῇ () δικαιοσύνῃ () σου () ῥῦσαί () με () καὶ () ἐξελοῦ () με. ()
[2] Κλῖνον () πρός () με () τὸ () οὖς () σου, () τάχυνον τοῦ () ἐξελέσθαι () με· () γενοῦ () μοι () εἰς () θεὸν () ὑπερασπιστὴν καὶ () εἰς () οἶκον () καταφυγῆς τοῦ () σῶσαί () με. ()
[3] Ὅτι () κραταίωμά μου () καὶ () καταφυγή μου () εἶ () σὺ () καὶ () ἕνεκεν () τοῦ () ὀνόματός () σου () ὁδηγήσεις () με () καὶ () διαθρέψεις με· ()
[4] ἐξάξεις () με () ἐκ () παγίδος () ταύτης, () ἧς () ἔκρυψάν () μοι, () ὅτι () σὺ () εἶ () ὁ () ὑπερασπιστής μου. ()
[5] Εἰς () χεῖράς () σου () παραθήσομαι () τὸ () πνεῦμά () μου· () ἐλυτρώσω () με, () κύριε () ὁ () θεὸς () τῆς () ἀληθείας. ()
[6] Ἐμίσησας () τοὺς () διαφυλάσσοντας () ματαιότητας () διὰ () κενῆς· () ἐγὼ () δὲ () ἐπὶ () τῷ () κυρίῳ () ἤλπισα. ()
[7] Ἀγαλλιάσομαι () καὶ () εὐφρανθήσομαι () ἐπὶ () τῷ () ἐλέει () σου, () ὅτι () ἐπεῖδες () τὴν () ταπείνωσίν () μου, () ἔσωσας () ἐκ () τῶν () ἀναγκῶν () τὴν () ψυχήν () μου ()
[8] καὶ () οὐ () συνέκλεισάς () με () εἰς () χεῖρας () ἐχθροῦ, () ἔστησας () ἐν () εὐρυχώρῳ () τοὺς () πόδας () μου. ()
[9] Ἐλέησόν () με, () κύριε, () ὅτι () θλίβομαι· () ἐταράχθη () ἐν () θυμῷ () ὁ () ὀφθαλμός () μου, () ἡ () ψυχή () μου () καὶ () ἡ () γαστήρ () μου. ()
[10] Ὅτι () ἐξέλιπεν () ἐν () ὀδύνῃ () ἡ () ζωή () μου () καὶ () τὰ () ἔτη () μου () ἐν () στεναγμοῖς· () ἠσθένησεν () ἐν () πτωχείᾳ () ἡ () ἰσχύς () μου, () καὶ () τὰ () ὀστᾶ () μου () ἐταράχθησαν. ()
[11] Παρὰ () πάντας () τοὺς () ἐχθρούς () μου () ἐγενήθην () ὄνειδος () καὶ () τοῖς () γείτοσίν () μου () σφόδρα () καὶ () φόβος () τοῖς () γνωστοῖς () μου, () οἱ () θεωροῦντές () με () ἔξω () ἔφυγον () ἀπ’ () ἐμοῦ. ()
[12] Ἐπελήσθην () ὡσεὶ () νεκρὸς () ἀπὸ () καρδίας, () ἐγενήθην () ὡσεὶ () σκεῦος () ἀπολωλός. ()
[13] Ὅτι () ἤκουσα () ψόγον πολλῶν () παροικούντων () κυκλόθεν· () ἐν () τῷ () ἐπισυναχθῆναι () αὐτοὺς () ἅμα () ἐπ’ () ἐμὲ () τοῦ () λαβεῖν () τὴν () ψυχήν () μου () ἐβουλεύσαντο. ()
[14] Ἐγὼ () δὲ () ἐπὶ () σὲ () ἤλπισα, () κύριε· () εἶπα () Σὺ () εἶ () ὁ () θεός () μου. ()
[15] Ἐν () ταῖς () χερσίν () σου () οἱ () καιροί () μου· () ῥῦσαί () με () ἐκ () χειρὸς () ἐχθρῶν () μου () καὶ () ἐκ () τῶν () καταδιωκόντων () με. ()
[16] Ἐπίφανον () τὸ () πρόσωπόν () σου () ἐπὶ () τὸν () δοῦλόν () σου, () σῶσόν () με () ἐν () τῷ () ἐλέει () σου. ()
[17] Κύριε, () μὴ () καταισχυνθείην, () ὅτι () ἐπεκαλεσάμην () σε· () αἰσχυνθείησαν () οἱ () ἀσεβεῖς () καὶ () καταχθείησαν () εἰς () ᾅδου. ()
[18] Ἄλαλα () γενηθήτω () τὰ () χείλη () τὰ () δόλια () τὰ () λαλοῦντα () κατὰ () τοῦ () δικαίου () ἀνομίαν () ἐν () ὑπερηφανίᾳ () καὶ () ἐξουδενώσει.
[19] Ὡς () πολὺ () τὸ () πλῆθος () τῆς () χρηστότητός () σου, () κύριε, () ἧς () ἔκρυψας () τοῖς () φοβουμένοις () σε, () ἐξειργάσω τοῖς () ἐλπίζουσιν () ἐπὶ () σὲ () ἐναντίον () τῶν () υἱῶν () τῶν () ἀνθρώπων. ()
[20] Κατακρύψεις αὐτοὺς () ἐν () ἀποκρύφῳ () τοῦ () προσώπου () σου () ἀπὸ () ταραχῆς () ἀνθρώπων, () σκεπάσεις αὐτοὺς () ἐν () σκηνῇ () ἀπὸ () ἀντιλογίας () γλωσσῶν. ()
[21] Εὐλογητὸς () κύριος, () ὅτι () ἐθαυμάστωσεν τὸ () ἔλεος () αὐτοῦ () ἐν () πόλει () περιοχῆς. ()
[22] Ἐγὼ () δὲ () εἶπα () ἐν () τῇ () ἐκστάσει () μου () Ἀπέρριμμαι () ἄρα () ἀπὸ () προσώπου () τῶν () ὀφθαλμῶν () σου. () Διὰ () τοῦτο () εἰσήκουσας () τῆς () φωνῆς () τῆς () δεήσεώς () μου () ἐν () τῷ () κεκραγέναι () με () πρὸς () σέ. ()
[23] Ἀγαπήσατε () τὸν () κύριον, () πάντες () οἱ () ὅσιοι () αὐτοῦ, () ὅτι () ἀληθείας () ἐκζητεῖ () κύριος () καὶ () ἀνταποδίδωσιν () τοῖς () περισσῶς () ποιοῦσιν () ὑπερηφανίαν. ()
[24] Ἀνδρίζεσθε, () καὶ () κραταιούσθω () ἡ () καρδία () ὑμῶν, () πάντες () οἱ () ἐλπίζοντες () ἐπὶ () κύριον. ()

Psalm 31:1 Originally verses 30:1–2.
Psalm 31:2 Originally verse 30:3.
Psalm 31:3 Originally verse 30:4.
Psalm 31:4 Originally verse 30:5.
Psalm 31:5 Originally verse 30:6.
Psalm 31:6 Originally verse 30:7.
Psalm 31:7 Originally verse 30:8.
Psalm 31:8 Originally verse 30:9.
Psalm 31:9 Originally verse 30:10.
Psalm 31:10 Originally verse 30:11.
Psalm 31:11 Originally verse 30:12.
Psalm 31:12 Originally verse 30:13.
Psalm 31:13 Originally verse 30:14.
Psalm 31:14 Originally verse 30:15.
Psalm 31:15 Originally verse 30:16.
Psalm 31:16 Originally verse 30:17.
Psalm 31:17 Originally verse 30:18.
Psalm 31:18 Originally verse 30:19.
Psalm 31:19 Originally verse 30:20.
Psalm 31:20 Originally verse 30:21.
Psalm 31:21 Originally verse 30:22.
Psalm 31:22 Originally verse 30:23.
Psalm 31:23 Originally verse 30:24.
Psalm 31:24 Originally verse 30:25.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.