Into Your Hands I Commit My Spirit (Luke 23:44–49)
1 AKJV To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In you, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in your righteousness. BSB BSB: For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; save me by Your righteousness.
2 AKJV Bow down your ear to me; deliver me speedily: be you my strong rock, for an house of defense to save me. BSB BSB: Incline Your ear to me; come quickly to my rescue. Be my rock of refuge, the stronghold of my deliverance.
3 AKJV For you are my rock and my fortress; therefore for your name’s sake lead me, and guide me. BSB BSB: For You are my rock and my fortress; lead me and guide me for the sake of Your name.
4 AKJV Pull me out of the net that they have laid privately for me: for you are my strength. BSB BSB: You free me from the net laid out for me, for You are my refuge.
5 AKJV Into your hand I commit my spirit: you have redeemed me, O LORD God of truth. BSB BSB: Into Your hands I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O LORD, God of truth.
6 AKJV I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD. BSB BSB: I hate those who cling to worthless idols, but in the LORD I trust.
7 AKJV I will be glad and rejoice in your mercy: for you have considered my trouble; you have known my soul in adversities; BSB BSB: I will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion, for You have seen my affliction; You have known the anguish of my soul.
8 AKJV And have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: you have set my feet in a large room. BSB BSB: You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.
9 AKJV Have mercy on me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: my eye is consumed with grief, yes, my soul and my belly. BSB BSB: Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.
10 AKJV For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones are consumed. BSB BSB: For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.
11 AKJV I was a reproach among all my enemies, but especially among my neighbors, and a fear to my acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me. BSB BSB: Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends—they flee when they see me on the street.
12 AKJV I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel. BSB BSB: I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel.
13 AKJV For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life. BSB BSB: For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
14 AKJV But I trusted in you, O LORD: I said, You are my God. BSB BSB: But I trust in You, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.”
15 AKJV My times are in your hand: deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from them that persecute me. BSB BSB: My times are in Your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.
16 AKJV Make your face to shine on your servant: save me for your mercies’ sake. BSB BSB: Make Your face shine on Your servant; save me by Your loving devotion.
17 AKJV Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called on you: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave. BSB BSB: O LORD, let me not be ashamed, for I have called on You. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them lie silent in Sheol.
18 AKJV Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous. BSB BSB: May lying lips be silenced—lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.
19 AKJV Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for them that fear you; which you have worked for them that trust in you before the sons of men! BSB BSB: How great is Your goodness which You have laid up for those who fear You, which You have bestowed before the sons of men on those who take refuge in You!
20 AKJV You shall hide them in the secret of your presence from the pride of man: you shall keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues. BSB BSB: You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the schemes of men. You conceal them in Your shelter from accusing tongues.
21 AKJV Blessed be the LORD: for he has showed me his marvelous kindness in a strong city. BSB BSB: Blessed be the LORD, for He has shown me His loving devotion in a city under siege.
22 AKJV For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before your eyes: nevertheless you heard the voice of my supplications when I cried to you. BSB BSB: In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.
23 AKJV O love the LORD, all you his saints: for the LORD preserves the faithful, and plentifully rewards the proud doer. BSB BSB: Love the LORD, all His saints. The LORD preserves the faithful, but fully repays the arrogant.
24 AKJV Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all you that hope in the LORD. BSB BSB: Be strong and courageous, all you who hope in the LORD.
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