en I cried
to thee.

30:24. O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord will require
truth, and will repay them abundantly that act proudly.

30:25. Do ye manfully, and let your heart be strengthened, all ye that
hope in the Lord.

Psalms Chapter 31

Beati quorum.

The second penitential psalm.

31:1. To David himself, understanding. Blessed are they whose iniquities
are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.

31:2. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord hath not inputed sin, and in
whose spirit there is no guile.

31:3. Because I was silent my bones grew old; whilst I cried out all the
day long.

Because I was silent, etc... That is, whilst I kept silence, by
concealing, or refusing to confess my sins, thy hand was heavy upon me,
etc.

31:4. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: I am turned in my
anguish, whilst the thorn is fastened.

I am turned, etc... That is, I turn and roll about in my bed to seek for
ease in my pain whilst the thorn of thy justice pierces my flesh, and
sticks fast in me. Or, I am turned: that is, I am converted to thee, my
God, by being brought to a better understanding by thy chastisements. In
the Hebrew it is, my moisture is turned into the droughts of the summer.

31:5. I have acknowledged my sin to thee, and my injustice I have not
concealed. I said I will confess against my self my injustice to the
Lord: and thou hast forgiven the wickedness of my sin.

31:6. For this shall every one that is holy pray to thee in a seasonable
time. And yet in a flood of many waters, they shall not come nigh unto
him.

31:7. Thou art my fefuge from the trouble which hath eencompassed me: my
joy, deliver me from them that surround me.

31:8. I will give thee understanding, and I will instruct thee in this
way, in which thou shalt go: I will fix my eyes upon thee.

31:9. Do not become like the horse and the mule, who have no
understanding. With bit and bridle bind fast their jaws, who come not
near unto thee.

31:10. Many are the scourges of the sinner, but mercy shall encompass
him that hopeth in the Lord.

31:11. Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye just, and glory, all ye
right of heart.

Psalms Chapter 32

Exultate, justi.

An exhortation to praise God, and to trust in him.

32:1. A psalm for David. Rejoice in the Lord, O ye just: praise becometh
the upright.

32:2. Give praise to the Lord on the harp; sing to him with the
psaltery, the instrument of ten strings.