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title: "Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "James Anderson"
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section: 54 of 159
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cite: "John Calvin, tr. James Anderson, Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5, section 54. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-the-psalms-volume-5/54/"
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# Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5

*John Calvin, tr. James Anderson*

Calvin on the Psalms, volume 5 of 5.

## 54. Psalm 31

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[¶0] To the Chief Musician,. A Psalm of David

[¶1] 1 In thee, O Jehovah! have I trusted, Let me not be put to shame for ever: In thy righteousness deliver me.

[¶2] 2 Incline to me thy ear, Speedily do thou rescue me; Be to me for a rock of strength, For a house of defense to save me.

[¶3] 3 For my rock, and my fortress art thou: And for the sake of thy name thou wilt direct and guide me.

[¶4] 4 Extricate me from the net, which they have hidden for me, For thou art my strength.

[¶5] 5 Into thy hand I will commend my spirit; For thou hast redeemed me, O Jehovah! God of truth.

[¶6] 6 I hate all those who regard lying vanities; But as for me in Jehovah I have trusted.

[¶7] 7 I will exult and rejoice in thy goodness; Because thou hast looked upon my affliction: Thou hast known in distresses my soul:

[¶8] 8 And thou hast not shut me up in the hand of the enemy: But thou hast set at large my feet.

[¶9] 9 Have pity upon me, O Jehovah! for trouble is to me: My eye hath consumed away for vexation; my soul and my belly.

[¶10] 10 My life hath riffled through grid; And my years with groaning: My strength hath sunk through my sorrow, And my bones have moldered away.

[¶11] 11 On account of all my enemies I was a reproach, Yea to my neighbors exceedingly, And a terror to my acquaintances; And those who saw me abroad fled from me.

[¶12] 12 I was forgotten as a dead man from the heart; I became like a vessel [that is] broken.

[¶13] 13 For I have heard the slander of many: Fear hath seized me on every side, While they consult together against me, And to take away my life do devise.

[¶14] 14 But as for me, in thee have I trusted, O Jehovah! I have said, “My God art thou.”

[¶15] 15 In thy hand are my times; Rescue me from the hand of my enemies, And from those who persecute me.

[¶16] 16 Cause to shine upon thy servant thy face, Save me in thy goodness.

[¶17] 17 O Jehovah! let me not be put to shame, For I have called upon thee: Let the wicked be put to shame, Let Gem be silent in the grave.

[¶18] 18 Let the lips of lying be put to shame, Which speak against the righteous a hard thing in pride and scorn.

[¶19] 19 How great is thy goodness, Which thou hast hidden for those who fear thee! Which thou hast performed for those who confide in thee, Before the sons of men!

[¶20] 20 Thou shalt hide them in the hidden place of thy presence, From the prides of man; Thou shalt conceal them as in a tent, From the strife of tongues.

[¶21] 21 Blessed be Jehovah! For he hath made wonderful his goodness towards me, As in a city fortified.

[¶22] 22 But as for me, I had said in my fear, “I am cast away from before thy eyes:” Yet truly thou hast heard the voice of my supplications, When I cried unto thee.

[¶23] 23 Love Jehovah, all ye meek ones of his! The faithful preserve doth Jehovah, And he repayeth plentifully him who behaveth proudly.

[¶24] 24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, All ye who hope in Jehovah.