Psalms 31 To the chaunter a Psalme of Dauyd. In the O lord, is my trust: let me neuer be put to confusyon, but delyuer me in thy rightuousnesse.

Matthew⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ To the chaunter a Psalme of Dauyd. In the O lord, is my trust: let me neuer be put to confusyon, but delyuer me in thy rightuousnesse. ² Bow downe thyne eare to me, make haste to delyuer me: be thou my strong rocke and a house of defence, that thou mayest saue me. ³ For thou arte my stronge holde and my castel: O be thou my gide and lede me for thy names sake. ⁴ Drawe me out of the nette that they haue layed pryuelye for me, for thou arte my strength ⁵ In to thy handes I commende my spirite: thou hast delyuered me O Lorde thou God of truth. ⁶ I hate them that holde of vanites, and my trust is in the Lord. ⁷ I wil be glad and reioyse in thy mercy for thou hast consydered my trouble, thou haste knowne my soule in aduersity. ⁸ Thou hast not delyuered me ouer into the handes of the enemye, but hast set my fete in a large rowme. ⁹ Haue mercy vpon me, O Lorde, for I am in trouble, myne eye consumed for verye heuynesse, yea my soule and my body. ¹⁰ My lyfe is waxen olde with heuines, and my yeares with moornyng. My strength fayleth me because of mine aduersitie, and my bones are corrupt. ¹¹ I am become a verye reprofe amonge all myne enemyes, my neyghbours and they of myne owne aquayntaunce are afraied of me they that se me in the streate, conueye them selues fro me. ¹² I am cleane forgotten and oute of mynde as a dead man: I am become lyke a broken vessell. ¹³ For I haue harde the blasphemy of the multytude: euerye man abhorreth me: they haue gathered a councell together agaynste me, and are purposed to take awaye my lyfe. ¹⁴ But my hope is in the Lord, and I say thou art my God. ¹⁵ My tyme is in thy hande: deliuer me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me. ¹⁶ Shewe thy seruaunte the lyghte of thy countenaunce, helpe me for thy mercyes sake. ¹⁷ Let me not be confounded, O Lorde, for I calle vpon the: lette the vngodlye rather be put to confusyon, and broughte vnto the hell. ¹⁸ Let the lieng lippes be put to silence which cruely, disdainefully, and despitefully speake against the rightuous. ¹⁹ O howe greate and manyfolde is thy good, whyche thou haste hyd for them that feare the? O what thinges bringest thou to passe for them, that put their truste in the, euen before the sonnes of men? ²⁰ Thou hydest them priuely by thyne owne presence from the proude men, thou kepeste them secretly in thy tabernacle, from the strife of tonges. ²¹ Thankes be to the Lorde, for he hath shewed me maruelous greate kyndenesse in a strong cytye. ²² For when the suddaine feare cam vpon me I said: I am cast out of thy sighte. Neuerthelesse, thou herdest myne humble prayer, when I cried vnto the. ²³ O loue the Lorde (all ye hys saynctes) for the Lorde preserueth the faythfull, and plenteusly rewardeth he the proud doer. ²⁴ Be strong therfore and take a good herte vnto you, all ye that put your trust in the Lord.