Psalms 31

1 In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge. Let me never be put to shame. Deliver me in thy righteousness.

In you, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in your righteousness.

2 Bow down thine ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be thou to me a strong rock, a house of defense to save me.

Bow down your ear to me; deliver me speedily: be you my strong rock, for an house of defense to save me.

3 For thou are my rock and my fortress. Therefore for thy name's sake lead me and guide me.

For you are my rock and my fortress; therefore for your name’s sake lead me, and guide me.

4 Pluck me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, for thou are my stronghold.

Pull me out of the net that they have laid privately for me: for you are my strength.

5 Into thy hand I commend my spirit. Thou have redeemed me, O Jehovah, thou God of truth.

Into your hand I commit my spirit: you have redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.

6 I hate those who regard lying vanities, but I trust in Jehovah.

I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.

7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy loving kindness, for thou have seen my affliction. Thou have known my soul in adversities,

I will be glad and rejoice in your mercy: for you have considered my trouble; you have known my soul in adversities;

8 and thou have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy. Thou have set my feet in a large place.

And have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: you have set my feet in a large room.

9 Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress. My eye wastes away with grief, yea, my soul and my body.

Have mercy on me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: my eye is consumed with grief, yes, my soul and my belly.

10 For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing. My strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones are wasted away.

For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

11 I have become a reproach because of all my adversaries, yea, to my neighbors exceedingly, and a fear to my acquaintances. Those who saw me outside fled from me.

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.

12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind. I am like a broken vessel.

I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.

13 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.

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.

14 But I trusted in thee, O Jehovah. I said, Thou are my God.

But I trusted in you, O LORD: I said, You are my God.

15 My times are in thy hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.

My times are in your hand: deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from them that persecute me.

16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant. Save me in thy loving kindness.

Make your face to shine on your servant: save me for your mercies’ sake.

17 Let me not be put to shame, O Jehovah, for I have called upon thee. Let the wicked be put to shame. Let them be silent in Sheol. (Sheol h7585)

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. (Sheol h7585)

18 Let the lying lips be dumb, which speak against the righteous man insolently, with pride and contempt.

Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

19 O how great is thy goodness, which thou have laid up for those who fear thee, which thou have wrought for those who take refuge in thee before the sons of men!

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!

20 In the covert of thy presence thou will hide them from the plotting of man. Thou will keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

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.

21 Blessed be Jehovah, for he has shown me his marvelous loving kindness in a strong city.

Blessed be the LORD: for he has showed me his marvelous kindness in a strong city.

22 As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes. Nevertheless thou heard the voice of my supplications when I cried to thee.

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.

23 O love Jehovah, all ye his sanctified. Jehovah preserves the faithful, and plentifully repays him who deals proudly.

O love the LORD, all you his saints: for the LORD preserves the faithful, and plentifully rewards the proud doer.

24 Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all ye who hope in Jehovah.

Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all you that hope in the LORD.