{"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/drb/psalms/31","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T08:17:35.861Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":31,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":30,"nextChapter":32,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":24},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Unto the end, a psalm for David, in an ecstasy. In thee, O Lord, have I hoped, Iet me never be confounded: deliver me in thy justice. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Bow down thy ear to me: make haste to deliver me. Be thou unto me a God, a protector, and a house of refuge, to save me. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For thou art my strength and my refuge; and for thy name's sake thou wilt lead me, and nourish me. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Thou wilt bring me out of this snare, which they have hidden for me: for thou art my protector. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Into thy hands I commend my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, the God of truth. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Thou hast hated them that regard vanities, to no purpose. But I have hoped in the Lord: "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy. For thou best regarded my humility, thou hast saved my soul out of distresses. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And thou hast not shut me up in the hands of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a spacious place. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: my eye is troubled with wrath, my soul, and my belly: "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"For my life is wasted with grief: and my years in sighs. My strength is weakened through poverty and my bones are disturbed. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"I am become a reproach among all my enemies, and very much to my neighbours; and a fear to my acquaintance. They that saw me without fled from me. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"I am forgotten as one dead from the heart. I am become as a vessel that is destroyed. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"For I have heard the blame of many that dwell round about. While they assembled together against me, they consulted to take away my life. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"But I have put my trust in thee, O Lord: I said: Thou art my God. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"My lots are in thy hands. Deliver me out of the hands of my enemies; and from them that persecute me. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; save me in thy mercy. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Let me not be confounded, O Lord, for I have called upon thee. Let the wicked be ashamed, and be brought down to hell. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Let deceitful lips be made dumb. Which speak iniquity against the just, with pride and abuse. "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"O how great is the multitude of thy sweetness, O Lord, which thou hast hidden for them that fear thee! Which thou hast wrought for them that hope in thee, in the sight of the sons of men. "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy face, from the disturbance of men. Thou shalt protect them in thy tabernacle from the contradiction of tongues. "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Blessed be the Lord, for he hath shewn his wonderful mercy to me in a fortified city. "},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"But I said in the excess of my mind: I am cast away from before thy eyes. Therefore thou hast heard the voice of my prayer, when I cried to thee. "},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord will require truth, and will repay them abundantly that act proudly. "},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Do ye manfully, and let your heart be strengthened, all ye that hope in the Lord. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 31 (DRB)","markdown":"[Psalms 31](https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/31)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/31 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}