Psalms 31

1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; save me by Your righteousness.

To the choirmaster a psalm of David. In you O Yahweh I have taken refuge may not I be ashamed for ever in righteousness your deliver me.

2 Incline Your ear to me; come quickly to my rescue. Be my rock of refuge, the stronghold of my deliverance.

Incline to me - ear your quickly deliver me become of me - a rock of refuge a house of strongholds to save me.

3 For You are my rock and my fortress; lead me and guide me for the sake of Your name.

For [are] rock my and stronghold my you and for [the] sake of name your you guide me and you lead me.

4 You free me from the net laid out for me, for You are my refuge.

You will bring out me from [the] net which people have hidden for me for you [are] place of refuge my.

5 Into Your hands I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O LORD, God of truth.

In hand your I entrust spirit my you have redeemed me O Yahweh God of faithfulness.

6 I hate those who cling to worthless idols, but in the LORD I trust.

I hate those [who] keep vanities of falsehood and I to Yahweh I trust.

7 I will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion, for You have seen my affliction; You have known the anguish of my soul.

I will rejoice and I will be glad in covenant loyalty your that you saw affliction my you knew [the] troubles of self my.

8 You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.

And not you delivered up me in [the] hand of an enemy you made stand in roomy place feet my.

9 Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.

Show favor to me O Yahweh for it is distress to me it has wasted away with grief eye my being my and belly my.

10 For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.

For they have wasted away in sorrow life my and years my with groaning it has failed by iniquity my strength my and bones my they have wasted away.

11 Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends— they flee when they see me on the street.

From all opposers my I have become a reproach and to neighbors my - exceedingly and a dread to acquaintances my [those who] see me in the street they flee from me.

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

I have been forgotten like a dead [person] from [the] heart I have become like a vessel [which] is destroyed.

13 For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.

For I have heard - [the] slander of many [people] terror [is] from around about when they seated themselves together on me to take life my they plotted.

14 But I trust in You, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.”

And I - on you I rely O Yahweh I say [are] God my you.

15 My times are in Your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.

[are] in Hand your times my deliver me from [the] hand of enemies my and from pursuers my.

16 Make Your face shine on Your servant; save me by Your loving devotion.

Make shine! face your on servant your save me in covenant loyalty your.

17 O LORD, let me not be ashamed, for I have called on You. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them lie silent in Sheol. (Sheol h7585)

O Yahweh may not I be ashamed for I have called out to you may they be ashamed wicked [people] may they be silent to Sheol. (Sheol h7585)

18 May lying lips be silenced— lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.

May they be dumb lips of falsehood which speak on [the] righteous arrogance with pride and contempt.

19 How great is Your goodness which You have laid up for those who fear You, which You have bestowed before the sons of men on those who take refuge in You!

How! great [is] goodness your which you have stored up for [those] fearing you [which] you have done for [those who] take refuge in you before [the] children of humankind.

20 You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the schemes of men. You conceal them in Your shelter from accusing tongues.

You hide them - in [the] hiding place of presence your from [the] conspiracies of man you hide them in a shelter from strife of tongues.

21 Blessed be the LORD, for He has shown me His loving devotion in a city under siege.

[be] blessed Yahweh for he has made wonderful covenant loyalty his to me in a city of siege.

22 In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.

And I - I said when was hastening I I have been cut off from before eyes your nevertheless you heard [the] sound of supplications my when cried for help I to you.

23 Love the LORD, all His saints. The LORD preserves the faithful, but fully repays the arrogant.

Love Yahweh O all faithful [people] his faithful [people] [is] preserving Yahweh and [is] repaying on excess [one who] does pride.

24 Be strong and courageous, all you who hope in the LORD.

Be strong so may it show strength heart your O all those [who] wait for Yahweh.