Psalms 31
1 To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. In thee, Jehovah, do I trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
For the leader. A psalm of David. In you, O Lord, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame. Rescue me in your faithfulness;
2 Incline thine ear to me, deliver me speedily; be a strong rock to me, a house of defence to save me.
incline to me your ear. Deliver me speedily. Be to me a rock of defence, a fortified house, to save me.
3 For thou art my rock and my fortress; and, for thy name's sake, thou wilt lead me and guide me.
For my rock and my fortress are you; lead me and guide me so your name will be honoured.
4 Draw me out of the net that they have hidden for me; for thou art my strength.
Draw me out of the net they have hid for me, for you yourself are my refuge.
5 Into thy hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, Jehovah, [thou] God of truth.
Into your hand I commend my spirit: you ransom me, Lord, faithful God.
6 I have hated them that observe lying vanities; and as for me, I have confided in Jehovah.
I hate those devoted to worthless idols; I trust in the Lord.
7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy loving-kindness, for thou hast seen mine affliction; thou hast known the troubles of my soul,
I will rejoice and be glad in your love, because you have looked on my misery, and cared for me in my distress.
8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large place.
You have not given me into the enemy’s hand, you have set my feet in a spacious place.
9 Be gracious unto me, Jehovah, for I am in trouble: mine eye wasteth away with vexation, my soul and my belly.
Be gracious to me, Lord, for I am distressed; my eye is wasted away with sorrow.
10 For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength faileth through mine iniquity, and my bones are wasted.
For my life is consumed with grief, and my years with sighing. My strength is broken with misery, my bones waste away.
11 More than to all mine oppressors, I am become exceedingly a reproach, even to my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that see me without flee from me.
The scorn of all my foes, the butt of my neighbours am I, a terror to my acquaintance. At the sight of me in the street people turn quickly away.
12 I am forgotten in [their] heart as a dead man; I am become like a broken vessel.
I am clean forgotten like the dead, am become like a ruined vessel.
13 For I have heard the slander of many — terror on every side — when they take counsel together against me: they plot to take away my life.
I hear the whispers of many – terror on every side – scheming together against me, plotting to take my life.
14 But I confided in thee, Jehovah; I said, thou art my God.
But my trust is in you, Lord. ‘You are my God,’ I say;
15 My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from my persecutors.
my times are in your hand, save me from the hand of the foes who pursue me.
16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; save me in thy loving-kindness.
Make your face to shine on your servant, save me in your love.
17 Jehovah, let me not be ashamed; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, let them be silent in Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
Put me not, O Lord, to shame, for I have called upon you. Let the wicked be put to shame silent in Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
18 Let the lying lips become dumb, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.
Strike the false lips dumb, that speak proudly against the righteous with haughtiness and contempt.
19 [Oh] how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, [which] thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee, before the sons of men!
How great is the goodness you have treasured for those who fear you, and wrought for those who take refuge in you, in plain sight of all!
20 Thou keepest them concealed in the secret of thy presence from the conspiracies of man; thou hidest them in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
In your sheltering wings you hide them from plottings of people, you keep them safe in a bower from the chiding of tongues.
21 Blessed be Jehovah; for he hath shewn me wondrously his loving-kindness in a strong city.
Blest be the Lord for the wonderful love he has shown me in time of distress.
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.
For I had said in panic, ‘I am driven clean out of your sight.’ But you heard my plea, when I cried to you for help.
23 Love Jehovah, all ye his saints. Jehovah preserveth the faithful, and plentifully requiteth the proud doer.
Love the Lord, all you faithful; the Lord protects the loyal, but repays the haughty in full.
24 Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all ye that hope in Jehovah.
Let your hearts be courageous and strong, all you who wait on the Lord.
