Psalms 31
1 In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge. Let me never be put to shame. Deliver me in thy righteousness.
To the Chief Musician. A Melody of David. In thee, O Yahweh, have I sought refuge, Let me not be ashamed to times age-abiding, In thy righteousness, deliver me:
2 Bow down thine ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be thou to me a strong rock, a house of defense to save me.
Incline unto me, thine ear, Speedily rescue me, —Become to me a Rock of refuge, a Place of security, For saving me.
3 For thou are my rock and my fortress. Therefore for thy name's sake lead me and guide me.
Because, my mountain crag and my stronghold, thou art, Therefore, for the sake of thine own Name, wilt thou lead me and guide me?
4 Pluck me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, for thou are my stronghold.
Wilt thou bring me forth, out of the net which they have hidden for me? For, thou, art my refuge.
5 Into thy hand I commend my spirit. Thou have redeemed me, O Jehovah, thou God of truth.
Into thy hand, do I commit my spirit—Thou hast ransomed me, O Yahweh, GOD most faithful.
6 I hate those who regard lying vanities, but I trust in Jehovah.
I hate such as give heed to false vanities, I, then, in Yahweh, have set my hope.
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 indeed exult and rejoice, in thy lovingkindness, —In that thou hast looked upon my humiliation, thou hast taken note that in distresses was my life;
8 and thou have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy. Thou have set my feet in a large place.
And hast not shut me up in the hand of the foe, Thou hast given standing, in a roomy place, unto my feet.
9 Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress. My eye wastes away with grief, yea, my soul and my body.
Show me favour, O Yahweh, for in distress am I, —Wasted with vexation, is mine eye—my soul and my body;
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, consumed with sorrow, is my life, and my years with sighing, —My strength hath staggered with my humiliation, and, my bones, are without marrow.
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.
By reason of all mine adversaries, have I become a reproach. Even to my neighbours, altogether, and a dread to mine acquaintance, —They who have seen me abroad, have fled from me:
12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind. I am like a broken vessel.
I have been forgotten, like one dead—out of mind, I have been as a missing 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 whispering of many—A terror round about! When they have sat in conclave together against me, to take away my life, have they intrigued.
14 But I trusted in thee, O Jehovah. I said, Thou are my God.
I, therefore. in thee, have put my trust, O Yahweh, I have said, My God, thou art!
15 My times are in thy hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.
In thy hand, are my times, Rescue me from the hand of my foes and from my pursuers!
16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant. Save me in thy loving kindness.
Cause thy face to shine upon thy servant, Save me in thy lovingkindness.
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)
O Yahweh! let me not be ashamed, For I have called upon thee, Let the lawless be ashamed, Go down in silence to hades! (Sheol h7585)
18 Let the lying lips be dumb, which speak against the righteous man insolently, with pride and contempt.
Let false lips be made dumb, —which are speaking—against a righteous one—arrogantly, with pride and contempt.
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!
How great is thy goodness, which thou hast hidden away for them who revere thee, —Thou hast wrought for them who seek refuge in thee, in sight of 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.
Thou wilt conceal them, in the secrecy of thine own presence, from the conspiracies of men, —Thou wilt hide them 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 Yahweh, for he hath made wonderful his lovingkindness for me, in a fortified 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.
But, I, had said in mine alarm, I am cut off from before thine eyes, —But, indeed, thou didst hear the voice of my supplication, when I cried for help unto thee.
23 O love Jehovah, all ye his sanctified. Jehovah preserves the faithful, and plentifully repays him who deals proudly.
Love Yahweh, all ye his men of lovingkindness, —Faithfulness, doth Yahweh observe, but repayeth abundantly him that worketh proudly.
24 Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all ye who hope in Jehovah.
Be strong, and let your heart be bold, all ye who are waiting for Yahweh.
