A Psalm of David to the chief Musician. |
Psalm 31:1-24 Book# 1 of Psalms [in Smaller Chunks] |
I put my trust in You, O Lord. [Don't] let me [ever] be ashamed. Deliver me in Your righteousness. Bow down Your ear to me & deliver me speedily. You be my strong Rock & [fortress] of defense to save me. Therefore, for Your Name's sake, lead me & guide me. |
For You [are] my Rock & my Fortress. For You [are] my strength, pull me out of the net that they have [secretly] laid for me. Into Your hand, I commit my Spirit. You have redeemed me, O Lord God of Truth. |
[Luke 23:46 And when Jesus had cried [out] with a loud voice, He said, Father, into Your hands I commend My Spirit. And having said [this,] He [breathed his last breath.] I have hated [those who] regard [what is] lying [vanity,] but I trust in the Lord. |
[Matthew 26:3-4 Then assembled together the chief priests, scribes & elders of the people, to the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas & consulted that they might take Jesus by [trickery] & kill Him.] |
I will be glad & rejoice in Your mercy: for You have known my soul in [adversity] & considered my [troubles] & haven't [silenced me] [& put] me into the hand of the enemy. |
You have set my feet in a large room. Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble. [My] eye, my soul & my [stomach are] consumed with grief. [Psalm 6:7 [My] eye is consumed because of grief. It [grows] old, because of all my enemies.] |
For my life is spent with grief & my years with sighing. My strength [has failed,] because of [my sin] & my bones are consumed. I was a [disgrace] among all [my] enemies, but especially among my neighbors & [acquaintances.] [Those who] saw me [outside,] fled from me. |
[Isaiah 53:3-5 He is despised & rejected [by] men. A man of sorrows & acquainted with grief. And we hid [like] it were our face from Him.He was despised & we [didn't respect] Him. |
Surely, He has borne our griefs & carried our sorrows. Yet, we [didn't regard] Him, [struck,] smitten & afflicted [by] God. But He was wounded for our [sins.] He was bruised for our iniquities. The chastisement of [holding] our peace was upon Him & with His stripes, we are healed.] |
I am out of mind, forgotten [like] a dead man. I am like a broken vessel. For I have heard the slander of many. Fear was on every side, while they took counsel together against Me. They [plotted] to take away My life. |
[Matthew 27:1-2 When the morning [had] come, all the chief priests & elders of the people, took counsel against Jesus, to put Him to death. And when they had bound Him, they led Him away & delivered Him to Pontius Pilate, the governor.] |
But I trusted in You, O Lord. I said, You [are] My God. My times are in Your hand. Deliver Me from the hand of [My] enemies & from [those who] persecute Me. [Matthew 5:10-12 Blessed are [those who [are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. |
Blessed are you, when men shall [insult] you & persecute you & shall say all [types] of evil against you falsely, for My sake. Rejoice & be [exceedingly] glad: For great is your reward in heaven. For they persecuted the prophets [this way, who] were before you.] |
Make Your face shine upon Your servant & save Me for Your mercies' sake. O Lord, Let Me not be ashamed & let the wicked be ashamed & let them be silent in the grave. Let the lying lips, which proudly speak [dreadful, insulting] things against the righteous, be [silenced.] |
[Matthew 27:39-42 And [those who] passed by [insulted] Him, wagging their heads & saying, You, [Who] destroys the temple & builds it in 3 days, save Yourself. If you [are] the Son of God, come down from the cross. |
Also, the chief priests mocking Him, with the scribes & elders, said, He saved others. He cannot save Himself. If He [is] the King of Israel, let Him come down now from the cross & we will believe Him.] |
Oh, how great is Your goodness, which You have [fashioned] for [those who] trust in You, which You have [set aside] for [those who] fear [respect] You, before the sons of men! |
In Your presence, You shall hide them secretly from the [quarreling] tongues & the pride of man & You shall keep them in a secret pavilion. [Psalm 27:5 For in the time of trouble, He shall hide me in His pavilion. He shall [put] me up on a rock & He shall hide me in the secret [places] of His tabernacle.] |
Blessed be the Lord: for He has [shown] me His marvelous kindness in a [fortified] city. For in my haste, I said, I am cut off from before Your eyes. [Still,] You heard the [sound] of my [appeals] when I cried [out] to You. |
O love the Lord, all you, His saints: for the Lord [protects] the faithful & plentifully [paysback those who do proudly.] [Psalm 101:5-6 [Whoever privately] slanders his neighbor, I will cut him off. Him [who] has a high look & a proud heart, I will not [allow.] |
[My] eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, [so] they may [live] with Me. He [who follows] in a [path without blame,] shall serve Me.] Be of good courage & He shall strengthen your heart, all you [who] hope in the Lord. |