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Psalms 31

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1In You, O Lord, I put my trust; Let me never be ashamed; Deliver me in Your righteousness. ✦ 2Bow down Your ear to me, Deliver me speedily; Be my rock of refuge, A fortress of defense to save me. ✦ 3For You are my rock and my fortress; Therefore, for Your name’s sake, Lead me and guide me. ✦ 4Pull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me, For You are my strength. ✦ 5Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O Lord God of truth. ✦ 6I have hated those who regard useless idols; But I trust in the Lord. ✦ 7I will be glad and rejoice in Your mercy, For You have considered my trouble; You have known my soul in adversities, ✦ 8And have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; You have set my feet in a wide place. ✦ 9Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; My eye wastes away with grief, Yes, my soul and my body! ✦ 10For my life is spent with grief, And my years with sighing; My strength fails because of my iniquity, And my bones waste away. ✦ 11I am a reproach among all my enemies, But especially among my neighbors, And am repulsive to my acquaintances; Those who see me outside flee from me. ✦ 12I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind; I am like a broken vessel. ✦ 13For I hear the slander of many; Fear is on every side; While they take counsel together against me, They scheme to take away my life. ✦ 14But as for me, I trust in You, O Lord; I say, “You are my God.” ✦ 15My times are in Your hand; Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from those who persecute me. ✦ 16Make Your face shine upon Your servant; Save me for Your mercies’ sake. ✦ 17Do not let me be ashamed, O Lord, for I have called upon You; Let the wicked be ashamed; Let them be silent in the grave. ✦ 18Let the lying lips be put to silence, Which speak insolent things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous. ✦ 19Oh, how great is Your goodness, Which You have laid up for those who fear You, Which You have prepared for those who trust in You In the presence of the sons of men! ✦ 20You shall hide them in the secret place of Your presence From the plots of man; You shall keep them secretly in a pavilion From the strife of tongues. ✦ 21Blessed be the Lord, For He has shown me His marvelous kindness in a strong city! ✦ 22For I said in my haste, “I am cut off from before Your eyes”; Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications When I cried out to You. ✦ 23Oh, love the Lord, all you His saints! For the Lord preserves the faithful, And fully repays the proud person. ✦ 24Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart, All you who hope in the Lord. ✦

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Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Where this chapter connects

Ps 71 ·9Ps 88 ·8Ps 25 ·7Ps 143 ·7Matt 26 ·6Isa 49 ·5Ps 6 ·5Ps 140 ·5

Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 31 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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  • ★ Start hereAudioThrough the WordThrough the Word · ~10 min/chapter · Free · evangelical

    A clear ~10-minute audio teaching for every one of the Bible's 1,189 chapters — the most systematic free way to study chapter by chapter.

  • ★ Start hereCommentaryPsalms (Tyndale OT Commentaries)Derek Kidner · Paid · evangelical

    Concise, theologically rich, and wonderfully accessible — the best place to start on the Psalms.

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  • SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical

    Free verse-by-verse audio through the entire Bible from the founder of Calvary Chapel.

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    Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — Psalms 31David Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Readable, verse-by-verse exposition of the whole chapter.

  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on PsalmsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceBlue Letter Bible — Psalms 31Blue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

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