Into Your Hands I Commit My Spirit (Luke 23:44–49)
1 Brenton For the end, a Psalm of David, an utterance of extreme fear. O Lord, I have hoped in thee; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness and rescue me. 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 Brenton Incline thine ear to me; make haste to rescue me: be thou to me for a protecting God, and for a house of refuge 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 Brenton For thou art my strength and my refuge; and thou shalt guide me for thy name's sake, and maintain me. BSB BSB: For You are my rock and my fortress; lead me and guide me for the sake of Your name.
4 Brenton Thou shalt bring me out of the snare which they have hidden for me; for thou, O Lord, art my defender. BSB BSB: You free me from the net laid out for me, for You are my refuge.
5 Brenton Into thine hands I will commit my spirit: thou hast 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 Brenton Thou hast hated them that idly persist in vanities: but I have hoped in the Lord. BSB BSB: I hate those who cling to worthless idols, but in the LORD I trust.
7 Brenton I will exult and be glad in thy mercy: for thou hast looked upon mine affliction; thou hast saved my soul from distresses. 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 Brenton And thou hast not shut me up into the hands of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a wide place. BSB BSB: You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.
9 Brenton Pity me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: my eye is troubled with indignation, 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 Brenton For my life is spent with grief, and my years with groanings: my strength has been weakened through poverty, and my bones are troubled. 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 Brenton I became a reproach among all mine enemies, but exceedingly so to my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that saw 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 Brenton I have been forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am become as a broken vessel. BSB BSB: I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel.
13 Brenton For I heard the slander of many that dwelt round about: when they were gathered together against me, they took counsel to take 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 Brenton But I hoped in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God. BSB BSB: But I trust in You, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.”
15 Brenton My lots are in thy hands: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, BSB BSB: My times are in Your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.
16 Brenton and from them that persecute me. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me in thy mercy. BSB BSB: Make Your face shine on Your servant; save me by Your loving devotion.
17 Brenton O Lord, let me not be ashamed, for I have called upon thee: let the ungodly be ashamed, and brought down to Hades. 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 Brenton Let the deceitful lips become dumb, which speak iniquity against the righteous with pride and scorn. BSB BSB: May lying lips be silenced—lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.
19 Brenton How abundant is the multitude of thy goodness, O Lord, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee! thou hast wrought it out for them that hope on thee, in the presence of 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 Brenton Thou wilt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the vexation of man: thou wilt screen them in a tabernacle from the contradiction 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 Brenton Blessed be the Lord: for he has magnified his mercy in a fortified city. BSB BSB: Blessed be the LORD, for He has shown me His loving devotion in a city under siege.
22 Brenton But I said in my extreme fear, I am cast out from the sight of thine eyes: therefore thou didst hearken, O Lord, to the voice of my supplication when I cried to thee. 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 Brenton Love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord seeks for truth, and renders a reward to them that deal very proudly. BSB BSB: Love the LORD, all His saints. The LORD preserves the faithful, but fully repays the arrogant.
24 Brenton Be of good courage, and let your heart be strengthened, all ye that hope in the Lord. BSB BSB: Be strong and courageous, all you who hope in the LORD.
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