{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/31","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T07:23:29.636Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":31,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":30,"nextChapter":32,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":24},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} In thee, Jehovah, do I trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Incline thine ear to me, deliver me speedily; be a strong rock to me, a house of defence to save me."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For thou art my rock and my fortress; and, for thy name's sake, thou wilt lead me and guide me."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Draw me out of the net that they have hidden for me; for thou art my strength."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Into thy hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, Jehovah, thou God of truth."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"I have hated them that observe lying vanities; and as for me, I have confided in Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"I will be glad and rejoice in thy loving-kindness, for thou hast seen mine affliction; thou hast known the troubles of my soul,"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large place."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Be gracious unto me, Jehovah, for I am in trouble: mine eye wasteth away with vexation, my soul and my belly."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength faileth through mine iniquity, and my bones are wasted."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"More than to all mine oppressors, I am become exceedingly a reproach, even to my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that see me without flee from me."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"I am forgotten in their heart as a dead man; I am become like a broken vessel."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"For I have heard the slander of many terror on every side when they take counsel together against me: they plot to take away my life."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"But I confided in thee, Jehovah; I said, thou art my God."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from my persecutors."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; save me in thy loving-kindness."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Jehovah, let me not be ashamed; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, let them be silent in Sheol."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Let the lying lips become dumb, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"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!"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Thou keepest them concealed in the secret of thy presence from the conspiracies of man; thou hidest them in a pavilion from the strife of tongues."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Blessed be Jehovah; for he hath shewn me wondrously his loving-kindness in a strong city."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"As for me, 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."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Love Jehovah, all ye his saints. Jehovah preserveth the faithful, and plentifully requiteth the proud doer."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all ye that hope in Jehovah."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 31 (DBT)","markdown":"[Psalms 31](https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/31)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/31 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}