{"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/kjv/psalms/31","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-29T17:30:41.681Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For thou <i>art</i> my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou <i>art</i> my strength."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, <i>yea</i>, my soul and my belly."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"For I have heard the slander of many: fear <i>was</i> on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou <i>art</i> my God."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"My times <i>are</i> in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, <i>and</i> let them be silent in the grave."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"<i>Oh</i> how great <i>is</i> thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; <i>which</i> thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Blessed <i>be</i> the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"O love the LORD, all ye his saints: <i>for</i> the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 31 (KJV)","markdown":"[Psalms 31](https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/31)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/31 (accessed 2026-05-29)."}}