Psalms 31
1 For the end, a Psalm of David, [an utterance] of extreme fear. O Lord, I have hoped in thee; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness and rescue me.
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 Incline thine ear to me; make haste to rescue me: be thou to me for a protecting God, and for a house of refuge 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 art my strength and my refuge; and thou shalt guide me for thy name's sake, and maintain 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 Thou shalt bring me out of the snare which they have hidden for me; for thou, O Lord, art my defender.
Wilt thou bring me forth, out of the net which they have hidden for me? For, thou, art my refuge.
5 Into thine hands I will commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.
Into thy hand, do I commit my spirit—Thou hast ransomed me, O Yahweh, GOD most faithful.
6 Thou has hated them that idly persist in vanities: but I have hoped in the Lord.
I hate such as give heed to false vanities, I, then, in Yahweh, have set my hope.
7 I will exult and be glad in thy mercy: for thou hast looked upon mine affliction; thou hast saved my soul from distresses.
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 hast not shut me up into the hands of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a wide 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 Pity me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: my eye is troubled with indignation, my soul and by belly.
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 grief, and my years with groanings: my strength has been weakened through poverty, and my bones are troubled.
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 became a reproach among all mine enemies, but exceedingly so to my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that saw me without 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 have been forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am become as a broken vessel.
I have been forgotten, like one dead—out of mind, I have been as a missing vessel.
13 For I heard the slander of many that dwelt round about: when they were gathered together against me, they took counsel to take 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 hoped in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God.
I, therefore. in thee, have put my trust, O Yahweh, I have said, My God, thou art!
15 My lots are in thy hands: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies,
In thy hand, are my times, Rescue me from the hand of my foes and from my pursuers!
16 and from them that persecute me. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me in thy mercy.
Cause thy face to shine upon thy servant, Save me in thy lovingkindness.
17 O Lord, let me not be ashamed, for I have called upon thee: let the ungodly be ashamed, and brought down to Hades. (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 deceitful lips become dumb, which speak iniquity against the righteous with pride and scorn.
Let false lips be made dumb, —which are speaking—against a righteous one—arrogantly, with pride and contempt.
19 How abundant is the multitude of thy goodness, O Lord, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee! thou hast wrought [it] out for them that hope on thee, in the presence of 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 Thou wilt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the vexation of man: thou wilt screen them in a tabernacle from the contradiction 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 the Lord: for he has magnified his mercy in a fortified city.
Blessed be Yahweh, for he hath made wonderful his lovingkindness for me, in a fortified city.
22 But I said in my extreme fear, I am cast out from the sight of thine eyes: therefore thou didst hearken, O Lord, to the voice of my supplication 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 Love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord seeks for truth, and renders [a reward] to them that deal very proudly.
Love Yahweh, all ye his men of lovingkindness, —Faithfulness, doth Yahweh observe, but repayeth abundantly him that worketh proudly.
24 Be of good courage, and let your heart be strengthened, all ye that hope in the Lord.
Be strong, and let your heart be bold, all ye who are waiting for Yahweh.
