Psalms 31
1 To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. In you, O Lord, have I put my hope; let me never be shamed; keep me safe in 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 Let your ear be turned to me; take me quickly out of danger; be my strong Rock, my place of strength where I may be safe.
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 strong tower; go in front of me and be my guide, because 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 Take me out of the net which they have put ready for me secretly; for you are my strength.
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 give my spirit; you are my saviour, O Lord God for ever true.
In hand your I entrust spirit my you have redeemed me O Yahweh God of faithfulness.
6 I am full of hate for those who go after false gods; but my hope is in the Lord.
I hate those [who] keep vanities of falsehood and I to Yahweh I trust.
7 I will be glad and have delight in your mercy; because you have seen my trouble; you have had pity on my soul in its sorrows;
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 And you have not given me into the hand of my hater; you have put my feet in a wide place.
And not you delivered up me in [the] hand of an enemy you made stand in roomy place feet my.
9 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; my eyes are wasted with grief, I am wasted in soul and body.
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 My life goes on in sorrow, and my years in weeping; my strength is almost gone because of my sin, and my bones are wasted 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 Because of all those who are against me, I have become a word of shame to my neighbours; a cause of shaking the head and a fear to my friends: those who saw me in the street went in flight from me.
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 have gone from men's minds and memory like a dead man; 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 False statements against me have come to my ears; fear was on every side: they were talking together against me, designing to take away 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 had faith in you, O Lord; I said, You are my God.
And I - on you I rely O Yahweh I say [are] God my you.
15 The chances of my life are in your hand; take me out of the hands of my haters, and of those who go after me.
[are] in Hand your times my deliver me from [the] hand of enemies my and from pursuers my.
16 Let your servant see the light of your face; in your mercy be my saviour.
Make shine! face your on servant your save me in covenant loyalty your.
17 Let me not be shamed, O Lord, for I have made my prayer to you; let the sinners be shamed, and let their mouths be shut in the underworld. (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 Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.
May they be dumb lips of falsehood which speak on [the] righteous arrogance with pride and contempt.
19 O how great is your grace, which you have put in store for your worshippers, and which you have made clear to those who had faith in you, before the sons of men!
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 will keep them safe in your house from the designs of man; in the secret of your tent will you keep them from angry 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 May the Lord be praised, because he has made clear to me the wonder of his grace in a strong town.
[be] blessed Yahweh for he has made wonderful covenant loyalty his to me in a city of siege.
22 And as for me, I said in my fear, I am cut off from before your eyes; but you gave ear to the voice of my prayer, when my cry went up to you.
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 O have love for the Lord, all you his saints; for the Lord keeps safe from danger all those who are true to him, and gives the workers of pride their right reward.
Love Yahweh O all faithful [people] his faithful [people] [is] preserving Yahweh and [is] repaying on excess [one who] does pride.
24 Put away fear and let your heart be strong, all you whose hope is in the Lord.
Be strong so may it show strength heart your O all those [who] wait for Yahweh.
