Thematic Bible

Psalm 31:1

In thee, O LORD, have I waited; let me never be ashamed; deliver me in thy righteousness.

Psalm 31:2

Incline thine ear unto me; deliver me speedily; be thou my strong rock, for a house of defence to save me.

Psalm 31:3

For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake thou shalt lead me and guide me.

Psalm 31:4

Thou shalt pull me out of the net that they have laid in secret for me; for thou art my strength.

Psalm 31:5

Into thy hand shall I commit my spirit; thou shalt ransom me, O LORD God of truth.

Psalm 31:6

I have hated those that regard lying vanities; but I wait in the LORD.

Psalm 31:7

I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy, for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities

Psalm 31:8

and hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; thou hast set my feet in a wide place.

Psalm 31:9

Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: my eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.

Psalm 31:10

For my life is spent with grief and my years with sighing: my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

Psalm 31:11

I was a reproach among all my enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to my acquaintances: those that see me without flee from me.

Psalm 31:12

I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I have become like a lost vessel.

Psalm 31:13

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.

Psalm 31:14

But I trusted in thee, O LORD; I said, Thou art my God.

Psalm 31:15

My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those that persecute me.

Psalm 31:16

Make thy face to shine upon thy slave; save me for thy mercies' sake.

Psalm 31:17

Let me not be ashamed, O LORD, for I have called upon thee; let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be cut off for Sheol.

Psalm 31:18

Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

Psalm 31:19

Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for those that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for those that wait in thee before the sons of men!

Psalm 31:20

Thou shalt keep them in the secret place of thy face from the pride of man; thou shalt keep them in the tabernacle protected from the strife of tongues.

Psalm 31:21

Blessed be the LORD, for he has shown me his marvellous mercy in a strong city.

Psalm 31:22

For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes; nevertheless thou hast heard the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 31:23

O love the LORD, all ye his merciful ones, for the LORD preserves the faithful and plentifully rewards the proud doer.

Psalm 31:24

Be of good courage and strengthen your hearts, all ye that wait in the LORD.