Chapter 30

A prayer of a just man under affliction.

1. 1

   Unto the end, a psalm for David in an ecstacy.

2. 2

   In thee, O Lord, have I hoped, let me never be confounded: deliver me in thy justice.

3. 3

   Bow down thy ear to me: make haste to deliver me.

4. 4

   For thou art my strength and my refuge; and for thy name's sake thou wilt lead me, and nourish me.

5. 5

   Thou wilt bring me out of this snare, which they have hidden for me: for thou art my protector.

6. 6

   Into thy hands I commend my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, the God of truth.

7. 7

   Thou hast hated them that regard vanities to no purpose.

8. 9

   And thou hast not shut me up in the hands of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a spacious place.

9. 10

   Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: my eye is troubled with wrath, my soul, and my belly:

10. 11

    For my life is wasted with grief: and my years in sighs.

11. 12

    I am become a reproach among all my enemies, and very much to my neighbours, and a fear to my acquaintance.

12. 15

    But I have put my trust in thee, O Lord: I said: Thou art my God. 16 My lots are in thy hands.

13. 17

    Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; save me in thy mercy.

14. 18

    Let me not be confounded, O Lord, for I have called upon thee.

15. 20

    O how great is the multitude of thy sweetness, O Lord, which thou hast hidden for them that fear thee!

16. 21

    Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy face, from the disturbance of men.

17. 22

    Blessed be the Lord, for he hath shewn his wonderful mercy to me in a fortified city.

18. 23

    But I said in the excess of my mind: I am cast away from before thy eyes.

19. 24

    O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord will require truth, and will repay them abundantly that act proudly.

20. 25

    Do ye manfully, and let your heart be strengthened, all ye that hope in the Lord.