Psalms 31-35

Psalms 31

Psa 31:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In Thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in Thy righteousness.

Psa 31:2 Bow down Thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be Thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.

Psa 31:3 For Thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for Thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me.

Psa 31:4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for Thou art my strength.

Psa 31:5 Into Thine hand I commit my spirit: Thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.

Psa 31:6 I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the Lord.

Psa 31:7 I will be glad and rejoice in Thy mercy: for Thou hast considered my trouble; Thou hast known my soul in adversities;

Psa 31:8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: Thou hast set my feet in a large room.

Psa 31:9 Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.

Psa 31:10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

Psa 31:11 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.

Psa 31:12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.

Psa 31:13 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.

Psa 31:14 But I trusted in Thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God.

Psa 31:15 My times are in Thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

Psa 31:16 Make Thy face to shine upon Thy servant: save me for Thy mercies’ sake.

Psa 31:17 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.

Psa 31:18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

Psa 31:19 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!

Psa 31:20 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.

Psa 31:21 Blessed be the Lord: for He hath shewed me His marvellous kindness in a strong city.

Psa 31:22 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.

Psa 31:23 O love the Lord, all ye His saints: for the Lord preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.

Psa 31:24 Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.

Psalms 32

Psa 32:1 A Psalm of David, Mas´-chil. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

Psa 32:2 Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

Psa 32:3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.

Psa 32:4 For day and night Thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

Psa 32:5 I acknowledged my sin unto Thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and Thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

Psa 32:6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto Thee in a time when Thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.

Psa 32:7 Thou art my hiding place; Thou shalt preserve me from trouble; Thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.

Psa 32:8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with Mine eye.

Psa 32:9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.

Psa 32:10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about.

Psa 32:11 Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

Psalms 33

Psa 33:1 Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.

Psa 33:2 Praise the Lord with harp: sing unto Him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.

Psa 33:3 Sing unto Him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.

Psa 33:4 For the word of the Lord is right; and all His works are done in truth.

Psa 33:5 He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.

Psa 33:6 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.

Psa 33:7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: He layeth up the depth in storehouses.

Psa 33:8 Let all the earth fear the Lord: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.

Psa 33:9 For He spake, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.

Psa 33:10 The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: He maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

Psa 33:11 The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the thoughts of His heart to all generations.

Psa 33:12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom He hath chosen for His own inheritance.

Psa 33:13 The Lord looketh from Heaven; He beholdeth all the sons of men.

Psa 33:14 From the place of His habitation He looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.

Psa 33:15 He fashioneth their hearts alike; He considereth all their works.

Psa 33:16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

Psa 33:17 An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.

Psa 33:18 Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear Him, upon them that hope in His mercy;

Psa 33:19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

Psa 33:20 Our soul waiteth for the Lord: He is our help and our shield.

Psa 33:21 For our heart shall rejoice in Him, because we have trusted in His holy name.

Psa 33:22 Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according as we hope in Thee.

Psalms 34

Psa 34:1 A Psalm of David, when he changed his behaviour before A-bim´-e-lech; who drove him away, and he departed. I will bless the Lord at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

Psa 34:2 My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.

Psa 34:3 O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together.

Psa 34:4 I sought the Lord, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

Psa 34:5 They looked unto Him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.

Psa 34:6 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

Psa 34:7 The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear Him, and delivereth them.

Psa 34:8 O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in Him.

Psa 34:9 O fear the Lord, ye His saints: for there is no want to them that fear Him.

Psa 34:10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.

Psa 34:11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

Psa 34:12 What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?

Psa 34:13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

Psa 34:14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

Psa 34:15 The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and His ears are open unto their cry.

Psa 34:16 The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

Psa 34:17 The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

Psa 34:18 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

Psa 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.

Psa 34:20 He keepeth all His bones: not one of them is broken.

Psa 34:21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

Psa 34:22 The Lord redeemeth the soul of His servants: and none of them that trust in Him shall be desolate.

Psalms 35

Psa 35:1 A Psalm of David. Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.

Psa 35:2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.

Psa 35:3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

Psa 35:4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

Psa 35:5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord chase them.

Psa 35:6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the Lord persecute them.

Psa 35:7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.

Psa 35:8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

Psa 35:9 And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord: it shall rejoice in His salvation.

Psa 35:10 All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto Thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

Psa 35:11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

Psa 35:12 They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.

Psa 35:13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

Psa 35:14 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

Psa 35:15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

Psa 35:16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

Psa 35:17 Lord, how long wilt Thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.

Psa 35:18 I will give Thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise Thee among much people.

Psa 35:19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

Psa 35:20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

Psa 35:21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

Psa 35:22 This Thou hast seen, O Lord: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

Psa 35:23 Stir up Thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

Psa 35:24 Judge me, O Lord my God, according to Thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.

Psa 35:25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

Psa 35:26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.

Psa 35:27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of His servant.

Psa 35:28 And my tongue shall speak of Thy righteousness and of Thy praise all the day long.