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³O Lord my God,

I cried unto Thee, and Thou didst heal me;

⁴O Lord, Thou broughtest up my soul from the nether-world;

Thou didst kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

⁵Sing praise unto the Lord, O ye His godly ones,

And give thanks to His holy name.

⁶For His anger is but for a moment, ²⁹

His favour is for a life-time;

Weeping may tarry for the night,

But joy cometh in the morning.

 

⁷Now I had said in my security: '

I shall never be moved.'

⁸Thou hadst established, O Lord, in Thy favour my mountain as a stronghold—

Thou didst hide Thy face; I was affrighted.

⁹Unto Thee, O Lord, did I call,

And unto the Lord I made supplication:

¹⁰'What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit?

Shall the dust praise Thee? shall it declare Thy truth?

¹¹Hear, O Lord, and be gracious unto me;

Lord, be Thou my helper.'

 

¹²Thou didst turn for me my mourning into dancing;

Thou didst loose my sackcloth, and gird me with gladness;

¹³So that my glory may sing praise to Thee, and not be silent;

O Lord my God, I will give thanks unto Thee for ever.

31 For the Leader. A Psalm of David.

²In thee, O Lord, have I taken refuge; let me never be ashamed;

Deliver me in Thy righteousness.

³Incline Thine ear unto me, deliver me speedily;

Be Thou to me a rock of refuge, even a fortress of defence, to save me.

⁴For Thou art my rock and my fortress;

Therefore for Thy name's sake lead me and guide me.

⁵Bring me forth out of the net that they have hidden for me;

For Thou art my stronghold.

⁶Into Thy hand I commit my spirit;

Thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, Thou God of truth.

⁷I hate them that regard lying vanities;

But I trust in the Lord.

⁸I will be glad and rejoice in Thy lovingkindness;

For Thou hast seen mine affliction,

Thou hast taken cognizance of the troubles of my soul,

⁹And Thou hast not given me over into the hand of the enemy;

Thou hast set my feet in a broad place.

 

¹⁰Be gracious unto me, O Lord, for I am in distress;

Mine eye wasteth away with vexation, yea, my soul and my body.

¹¹For my life is spent in sorrow, and my years in sighing;

My strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are wasted away.

¹²Because of all mine adversaries I am become a reproach,

Yea, unto my neighbours exceedingly, and a dread to mine acquaintance;

They that see me without flee from me.

¹³I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind;

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