{"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/ylt/psalms/31","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T13:27:33.156Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":31,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":30,"nextChapter":32,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":24},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David. In Thee, O Jehovah, I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed to the age, In Thy righteousness deliver me."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Incline unto me Thine ear hastily, deliver me, Be to me for a strong rock, For a house of bulwarks to save me."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For my rock and my bulwark art Thou, For Thy name's sake lead me and tend me."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Bring me out from the net that they hid for me, For Thou art my strength."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Into Thy hand I commit my spirit, Thou hast redeemed me, Jehovah God of truth."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"I have hated the observers of lying vanities, And I toward Jehovah have been confident."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"I rejoice, and am glad in Thy kindness, In that Thou hast seen mine affliction, Thou hast known in adversities my soul."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And Thou hast not shut me up, Into the hand of an enemy, Thou hast caused my feet to stand in a broad place."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Favour me, O Jehovah, for distress is to me, Mine eye, my soul, and my body Have become old by provocation."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"For my life hath been consumed in sorrow And my years in sighing. Feeble because of mine iniquity hath been my strength, And my bones have become old."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Among all mine adversaries I have been a reproach, And to my neighbours exceedingly, And a fear to mine acquaintances, Those seeing me without — fled from me."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"I have been forgotten as dead out of mind, I have been as a perishing vessel."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"For I have heard an evil account of many, Fear is round about. In their being united against me, To take my life they have devised,"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And I on Thee — I have trusted, O Jehovah, I have said, 'Thou art my God.'"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"In Thy hand are my times, Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from my pursuers."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Cause Thy face to shine on Thy servant, Save me in Thy kindness."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"O Jehovah, let me not be ashamed, For I have called Thee, let the wicked be ashamed, Let them become silent to Sheol."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Let lips of falsehood become dumb, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"How abundant is Thy goodness, That Thou hast laid up for those fearing Thee,"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Thou hast wrought for those trusting in Thee, Before sons of men. Thou hidest them in the secret place of Thy presence, From artifices of man, Thou concealest them in a tabernacle, From the strife of tongues."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Blessed is Jehovah, For He hath made marvellous His kindness To me in a city of bulwarks."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And I — I have said in my haste, 'I have been cut off from before Thine eyes,' But Thou hast heard the voice of my supplications, In my crying unto Thee."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Love Jehovah, all ye His saints, Jehovah is keeping the faithful, And recompensing abundantly a proud doer."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Be strong, and He strengtheneth your heart, All ye who are waiting for Jehovah!"}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 31 (YLT)","markdown":"[Psalms 31](https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/31)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/31 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}