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Psalms 31
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949
1To David himself, understanding. Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
1 In you, O Lord, have I put my hope; let me never be shamed; keep me safe in your righteousness.
2Blessed is the man to whom the Lord hath not imputed sin, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
2Let your ear be turned to me; take me quickly out of danger; be my strong Rock, my place of strength where I may be safe.
3Because I was silent my bones grew old; whilst I cried out all the day long.
3For you are my Rock and my strong tower; go in front of me and be my guide, because of your name.
4For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: I am turned in my anguish, whilst the thorn is fastened.
4Take me out of the net which they have put ready for me secretly; for you are my strength.
5I have acknowledged my sin to thee, and my injustice I have not concealed. I said I will confess against my self my injustice to the Lord: and thou hast forgiven the wickedness of my sin.
5Into your hands I give my spirit; you are my saviour, O Lord God for ever true.
6For this shall every one that is holy pray to thee in a seasonable time. And yet in a flood of many waters, they shall not come nigh unto him.
6I am full of hate for those who go after false gods; but my hope is in the Lord.
7Thou art my refuge from the trouble which hath encompassed me: my joy, deliver me from them that surround me.
7I will be glad and have delight in your mercy; because you have seen my trouble; you have had pity on my soul in its sorrows;
8I will give thee understanding, and I will instruct thee in this way, in which thou shalt go: I will fix my eyes upon thee.
8And you have not given me into the hand of my hater; you have put my feet in a wide place.
9Do not become like the horse and the mule, who have no understanding. With bit and bridle bind fast their jaws, who come not near unto thee.
9Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; my eyes are wasted with grief, I am wasted in soul and body.
10Many are the scourges of the sinner, but mercy shall encompass him that hopeth in the Lord.
10My life goes on in sorrow, and my years in weeping; my strength is almost gone because of my sin, and my bones are wasted away.
11Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye just, and glory, all ye right of heart.
11Because of all those who are against me, I have become a word of shame to my neighbours; a cause of shaking the head and a fear to my friends: those who saw me in the street went in flight from me.
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12I have gone from men's minds and memory like a dead man; I am like a broken vessel.
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13False statements against me have come to my ears; fear was on every side: they were talking together against me, designing to take away my life.
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15The chances of my life are in your hand; take me out of the hands of my haters, and of those who go after me.
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16Let your servant see the light of your face; in your mercy be my saviour.
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17Let me not be shamed, O Lord, for I have made my prayer to you; let the sinners be shamed, and let their mouths be shut in the underworld.
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18Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.
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19O how great is your grace, which you have put in store for your worshippers, and which you have made clear to those who had faith in you, before the sons of men!
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20You will keep them safe in your house from the designs of man; in the secret of your tent will you keep them from angry tongues.
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21May the Lord be praised, because he has made clear to me the wonder of his grace in a strong town.
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22And as for me, I said in my fear, I am cut off from before your eyes; but you gave ear to the voice of my prayer, when my cry went up to you.