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 imputed 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 refuge from the trouble which hath encompassed 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. 32:3. Sing to him a new canticle, sing well unto him with a loud noise. 32:4. For the word of the Lord is right, and all his works are done with faithfulness. 32:5. He loveth mercy and judgment; the earth is full of the mercy of the Lord. 32:6. By the word of the Lord the heavens were established; and all the power of them by the spirit of his mouth: 32:7. Gathering together the waters of the sea, as in a vessel; laying up the depths in storehouses. 32:8. Let all the earth fear the Lord, and let all the inhabitants of the world be in awe of him. 32:9. For he spoke and they were made: he commanded and they were created.