Psalm 31
1 In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
1 In thee, O Lord, have I | put my | trust; ||
let me never be put to confusion; de- | liver • me | in thy | righteous•ness. ||
2 Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
2 Bow down thine ear to me; make | haste • to de- | liver • me. ||
3 And be thou my strong rock, and house of de- | fence, that | thou • mayest | save me. ||
3 For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.
4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.
4 For thou art my strong | rock, • and my | castle: ||
be thou also my guide, and | lead me | for thy | Name's sake. ||
5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.
5 Draw me out of the net that they have laid privily for me; * for | 3 thou art my | strength. ||
6 Into thy hands I commend my spirit; * for thou hast redeemed me, O | Lord, thou | God of | truth. ||
6 I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the Lord.
7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
7 I have hated them that hold of | lying | vani•ties, ||
and my | trust hath | been • in the | Lord. ||
8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
8 I will be glad and re- | 3 joice in thy | mercy; ||
for thou hast considered my trouble, and hast | known my | soul • in ad- | versi•ties. ||
9 Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
9 Thou hast not shut me up into the | hand • of the | ene•my; ||
but hast set my | feet • in a | large | room. ||
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.
10 Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for | 3 I am in | trouble, ||
and mine eye is consumed for very heaviness; * | yea, my | 3 soul and my | body. ||
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.
11 For my life is waxen old with heaviness, and my | years with | mourning. ||
12 My strength faileth me, because of mine iniquity, * | and my | bones • are con- | sumed. ||
12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
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.
13 I became a reproach among | all mine | ene•mies, ||
but e- | special•ly a- | mong my | neighbours; ||
and they of mine ac- | quaintance • were a- | fraid of • me; ||
and they that did see me with- | out, con- | 3 veyed themselves | from me. ||
14 But I trusted in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God.
14 I am clean forgotten as a dead man | out of | mind; ||
I am be- | come • like a | broken | vessel. ||
15 My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
15 For I have heard the | blasphemy • of the | multi•tude, ||
and fear is on every side; * while they conspire together against me, and take their | 3 counsel to | take a•way my | life. ||
16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.
16 But my hope hath been in | thee, O | Lord; ||
I have | said, Thou | art my | God. ||
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.
17 My | times are • in thy | hand; ||
deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, * | and from | them that | perse•cute me. ||
18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
18 Show thy servant the | 3 light of thy | counte•nance, ||
and | save me | for thy | mercy's • sake. ||
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!
19 Let me not be confounded, O Lord, 3 for | I have | called up•on thee; ||
let the ungodly be put to confusion, and be | put to | silence • in the | grave. ||
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.
20 Let the lying | lips be • put to | silence, ||
which cruelly, disdainfully, and despitefully | speak a- | gainst the | righteous. ||
21 Blessed be the Lord: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.
21 O how plentiful is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for | them that | fear thee, ||
and that thou hast prepared for them that put their trust in thee, * even be- | fore the | sons of | men! ||
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.
22 Thou shalt hide them in the covert of thine own presence from the | plottings • of | men: ||
thou shalt keep them secretly in thy tabernacle | from the | strife of | tongues. ||
23 O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
23 Thanks 3 be | to the | Lord; ||
for he hath showed me marvellous great | kindness • in a | strong | city. ||
24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.
24 But in my haste I said, I am cast out of the | 3 sight of thine | eyes. ||
25 Nevertheless, thou heardest the | 3 voice of my | prayer, • when I | cried unto • thee. ||
About the Pointing
The text of the Coverdale Psalter follows the 1928 American Book of Common Prayer. The pointing, suitably adapted, is taken from Charles Macpherson, Edward C. Bairstow, and Percy C. Buck, The English Psalter (Novello & Co., 1925).