Into Your Hands I Commit My Spirit (Luke 23:44–49)
1 DBY To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. In thee, Jehovah, do I trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy 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 DBY Incline thine ear to me, deliver me speedily; be a strong rock to me, a house of defence 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 DBY For thou art my rock and my fortress; and, for thy name's sake, thou wilt 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 DBY Draw me out of the net that they have hidden for me; for thou art my strength. BSB BSB: You free me from the net laid out for me, for You are my refuge.
5 DBY Into thy hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, Jehovah, thou God of truth. BSB BSB: Into Your hands I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O LORD, God of truth.
6 DBY I have hated them that observe lying vanities; and as for me, I have confided in Jehovah. BSB BSB: I hate those who cling to worthless idols, but in the LORD I trust.
7 DBY I will be glad and rejoice in thy loving-kindness, for thou hast seen mine affliction; thou hast known the troubles of my soul, 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 DBY And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large place. BSB BSB: You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.
9 DBY Be gracious unto me, Jehovah, for I am in trouble: mine eye wasteth away with vexation, 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 DBY For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength faileth through mine iniquity, and my bones are wasted. 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 DBY More than to all mine oppressors, I am become exceedingly a reproach, even to my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that see me without flee 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 DBY I am forgotten in their heart as a dead man; I am become like a broken vessel. BSB BSB: I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel.
13 DBY For I have heard the slander of many — terror on every side — when they take counsel together against me: they plot 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 DBY But I confided in thee, Jehovah; I said, thou art my God. BSB BSB: But I trust in You, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.”
15 DBY My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from my persecutors. BSB BSB: My times are in Your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.
16 DBY Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; save me in thy loving-kindness. BSB BSB: Make Your face shine on Your servant; save me by Your loving devotion.
17 DBY Jehovah, let me not be ashamed; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, let them be silent in Sheol. 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 DBY Let the lying lips become dumb, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt. BSB BSB: May lying lips be silenced—lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.
19 DBY Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee, 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 DBY Thou keepest them concealed in the secret of thy presence from the conspiracies of man; thou hidest them 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 DBY Blessed be Jehovah; for he hath shewn me wondrously his loving-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 DBY As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes; nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto 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 DBY Love Jehovah, all ye his saints. Jehovah preserveth the faithful, and plentifully requiteth the proud doer. BSB BSB: Love the LORD, all His saints. The LORD preserves the faithful, but fully repays the arrogant.
24 DBY Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all ye that hope in Jehovah. BSB BSB: Be strong and courageous, all you who hope in the LORD.
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