Psalms 31

1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge; Let me never be put to shame: Deliver me in thy righteousness.

For the end, a Psalm of David, [an utterance] of extreme fear. O Lord, I have hoped in you; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in your righteousness and rescue me.

2 Bow down thine ear unto me; deliver me speedily: Be thou to me a strong rock, A house of defence to save me.

Incline your ear to me; make haste to rescue me: be you to me for a protecting God, and for a house of refuge to save me.

3 For thou art my rock and my fortress; Therefore for thy name’s sake lead me and guide me.

For you are my strength and my refuge; and you shall guide me for your name's sake, and maintain me.

4 Pluck me out of the net that they have laid privily for me; For thou art my stronghold.

You shall bring me out of the snare which they have hidden for me; for you, O Lord, are my defender.

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

Into your hands I will commit my spirit: you have redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.

6 I hate them that regard lying vanities; But I trust in Jehovah.

You has hated them that idly persist in vanities: but I have hoped in the Lord.

7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy lovingkindness; For thou hast seen my affliction: Thou hast known my soul in adversities;

I will exult and be glad in your mercy: for you have looked upon mine affliction; you have saved my soul from distresses.

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

And you have not shut me up into the hands of the enemy: you have set my feet in a wide place.

9 Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress: Mine eye wasteth away with grief, [yea], my soul and my body.

Pity me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: my eye is troubled with indignation, my soul and by belly.

10 For my life is spent with sorrow, And my years with sighing: My strength faileth because of mine iniquity, And my bones are wasted away.

For my life is spent with grief, and my years with groanings: my strength has been weakened through poverty, and my bones are troubled.

11 Because of all mine adversaries I am become a reproach, Yea, unto my neighbors exceedingly, And a fear to mine acquaintance: They that did see me without fled from me.

I became a reproach among all mine enemies, but exceedingly so to my neighbors, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that saw me without fled from me.

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

I have been forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am become as a broken vessel.

13 For I have heard the defaming of many, Terror on every side: While they took counsel together against me, They devised to take away my life.

For I heard the slander of many that lived round about: when they were gathered together against me, they took counsel to take my life.

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

But I hoped in you, O Lord: I said, You are my God.

15 My times are in thy hand: Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

My lots are in your hands: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies,

16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: Save me in thy lovingkindness.

and from them that persecute me. Make your face to shine upon your servant: save me in your mercy.

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 Lord, let me not be ashamed, for I have called upon you: let the ungodly be ashamed, and brought down to Hades. (Sheol h7585)

18 Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and contempt.

Let the deceitful lips become dumb, which speak iniquity against the righteous with pride and scorn.

19 Oh how great is thy goodness, Which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, Which thou hast wrought for them that take refuge in thee, Before the sons of men!

How abundant is the multitude of your goodness, O Lord, which you have laid up for them that fear you! you have wrought [it] out for them that hope on you, in the presence of the sons of men.

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

You will hide them in the secret of your presence from the vexation of man: you will screen them in a tabernacle from the contradiction of tongues.

21 Blessed be Jehovah; For he hath showed me his marvellous lovingkindness in a strong city.

Blessed be the Lord: for he has magnified his mercy in a fortified city.

22 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.

But I said in my extreme fear, I am cast out from the sight of your eyes: therefore you did listen, O Lord, to the voice of my supplication when I cried to you.

23 Oh love Jehovah, all ye his saints: Jehovah preserveth the faithful, And plentifully rewardeth him that dealeth proudly.

Love the Lord, all you his saints: for the Lord seeks for truth, and renders [a reward] to them that deal very proudly.

24 Be strong, and let your heart take courage, All ye that hope in Jehovah.

Be of good courage, and let your heart be strengthened, all you that hope in the Lord.