(KJV) Psalm 31¹

⥃Into Your Hands I Commit My Spirit ^{[ Luke 23:44–49 ]}

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

[1] In thee², O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver³ me in thy righteousness.⁴ [2] Bow⁵ down thine ear to me; deliver⁶ me speedily: be thou my strong rock⁷, for an house⁸ of defence to save me. [3] For thou [art] my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy⁹ name’s sake lead¹⁰ me, and guide me. [4] Pull¹¹ me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou [art] my strength¹². [5] Into¹³ thine hand I commit my spirit: thou¹⁴ hast redeemed me, O Lord God¹⁵ of truth. [6] I have hated¹⁶ them that regard lying¹⁷ vanities: but I trust in the Lord. [7] I will¹⁸ be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for¹⁹ thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known²⁰ my soul in adversities; [8] And hast not shut me²¹ up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set²² my feet in a large room. [9] Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: mine²³ eye is consumed with grief, [yea], my soul²⁴ and my belly. [10] For my life²⁵ is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength²⁶ faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones²⁷ are consumed. [11] I was²⁸ a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially²⁹ among my neighbours, and a fear³⁰ to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me. [12] I am forgotten³¹ as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel³². [13] For I have³³ heard the slander of many: fear³⁴ [was] on every side: while³⁵ they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life. [14] But I trusted in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou³⁶ [art] my God. [15] My times³⁷ [are] in thy hand: deliver³⁸ me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me. [16] Make³⁹ thy face to shine upon thy servant: save⁴⁰ me for thy mercies’ sake. [17] Let me⁴¹ not be ashamed, O Lord; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked⁴² be ashamed, [and] let them⁴³ be silent in the grave⁴⁴. [18] Let the lying⁴⁵ lips be put to silence; which speak⁴⁶ grievous things⁴⁷ proudly and contemptuously against the righteous. [19] [Oh⁴⁸] how great [is] thy goodness, which thou hast laid up⁴⁹ for them that fear thee; [which] thou hast wrought⁵⁰ for them that trust in thee before the sons of men! [20] Thou shalt hide⁵¹ them in the secret of thy presence from⁵² the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife⁵³ of tongues. [21] Blessed [be] the Lord: for he hath shewed me his marvellous⁵⁴ kindness in a strong city⁵⁵. [22] For I said⁵⁶ in my haste, I am⁵⁷ cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless⁵⁸ thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee. [23] O love⁵⁹ the Lord, all ye his saints⁶⁰: [for] the⁶¹ Lord preserveth the faithful, and plentifully⁶² rewardeth the proud doer. [24] Be of⁶³ good courage, and he shall⁶⁴ strengthen your heart, all ye⁶⁵ that hope in the Lord.