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.

For the chief musician. A psalm of David. In you, Yahweh, I take refuge; never let me be humiliated. Rescue me in your righteousness.

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

Listen to me; rescue me quickly; be my rock of refuge, a stronghold to save me.

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

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

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

Pluck me out of the net that they have hidden for me, for you are my refuge.

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

Into your hands I entrust my spirit; you will redeem me, Yahweh, God of trustworthiness.

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

I hate those who serve worthless idols, but I trust in Yahweh.

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 be glad and rejoice in your covenant faithfulness, for you saw my affliction; you knew the distress of my soul.

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

You have not given me into the hand of my enemy. You have set my feet in a wide open place.

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

Have mercy upon me, Yahweh, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weary with grief with my soul and my body.

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 my life is weary with sorrow and my years with groaning. My strength fails because of my sin, and my bones are wasting 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.

Because of all my enemies, people disdain me; my neighbors are appalled at my situation, and those who know me are horrified. Those who see me in the street run from me.

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

I am forgotten as a dead man whom no one thinks about. I am like a broken pot.

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 whispering of many, terrifying news from every side as they plot together against me. They plot to take away my life.

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

But I trust in you, Yahweh; I say, “You are my God.”

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

My times are in your hand. Rescue me from the hands of my enemies and from those who pursue me.

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

Make your face shine on your servant; save me in your covenant faithfulness.

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)

Do not let me be humiliated, Yahweh; for I call out to you! May the wicked be humiliated! May they be silent in Sheol. (Sheol h7585)

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

May lying lips be silenced that speak against the righteous defiantly with arrogance 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 your goodness that you have stored up for those who revere you, that you perform for those who take refuge in you before all the children of mankind!

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.

In the shelter of your presence, you hide them from the plots of men. You hide them in a shelter from the violence of tongues.

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

Blessed be Yahweh, for he showed me his marvelous covenant faithfulness when I was in a besieged city.

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.

Though I said in my haste, “I am cut off from your eyes,” yet you heard my plea for help when I cried to you.

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

Oh, love Yahweh, all you faithful followers. Yahweh protects the faithful, but he pays back the arrogant in full.

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

Be strong and confident, all you who trust in Yahweh for help.