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Psalm 31 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:1 - <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> In you, O Lord, have I put my hope; let me never be shamed; keep me safe in your righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:2 - Let your ear be turned to me; take me quickly out of danger; be my strong Rock, my place of strength where I may be safe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:3 - For you are my Rock and my strong tower; go in front of me and be my guide, because of your name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:4 - Take me out of the net which they have put ready for me secretly; for you are my strength.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:5 - Into your hands I give my spirit; you are my saviour, O Lord God for ever true.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:6 - I am full of hate for those who go after false gods; but my hope is in the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:7 - I will be glad and have delight in your mercy; because you have seen my trouble; you have had pity on my soul in its sorrows;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:8 - And you have not given me into the hand of my hater; you have put my feet in a wide place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:9 - Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; my eyes are wasted with grief, I am wasted in soul and body.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:10 - My life goes on in sorrow, and my years in weeping; my strength is almost gone because of my sin, and my bones are wasted away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:11 - Because of all those who are against me, I have become a word of shame to my neighbours; a cause of shaking the head and a fear to my friends: those who saw me in the street went in flight from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:12 - I have gone from men's minds and memory like a dead man; I am like a broken vessel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:13 - False statements against me have come to my ears; fear was on every side: they were talking together against me, designing to take away my life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:14 - But I had faith in you, O Lord; I said, You are my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:15 - The chances of my life are in your hand; take me out of the hands of my haters, and of those who go after me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:16 - Let your servant see the light of your face; in your mercy be my saviour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:17 - Let me not be shamed, O Lord, for I have made my prayer to you; let the sinners be shamed, and let their mouths be shut in the underworld.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:18 - Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:19 - O how great is your grace, which you have put in store for your worshippers, and which you have made clear to those who had faith in you, before the sons of men!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:20 - You will keep them safe in your house from the designs of man; in the secret of your tent will you keep them from angry tongues.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:21 - May the Lord be praised, because he has made clear to me the wonder of his grace in a strong town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:22 - And as for me, I said in my fear, I am cut off from before your eyes; but you gave ear to the voice of my prayer, when my cry went up to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:23 - O have love for the Lord, all you his saints; for the Lord keeps safe from danger all those who are true to him, and gives the workers of pride their right reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:24 - Put away fear and let your heart be strong, all you whose hope is in the Lord.
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The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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