Psalms 31
1 Unto the end, a psalm for David, in an ecstasy. In thee, O Lord, have I hoped, let me never be confounded: deliver me in thy justice.
Unto the end. A Psalm of David according to an ecstasy. In you, Lord, I have hoped; let me never be confounded. In your justice, deliver me.
2 Bow down thy ear to me: make haste to deliver me. Be thou unto me a God, a protector, and a house of refuge, to save me.
Incline your ear to me. Hasten to rescue me. Be for me a protector God and a house of refuge, so as to accomplish my salvation.
3 For thou art my strength and my refuge; and for thy name’s sake thou wilt lead me, and nourish me.
For you are my strength and my refuge; and for the sake of your name, you will lead me and nourish me.
4 Thou wilt bring me out of this snare, which they have hidden for me: for thou art my protector.
You will lead me out of this snare, which they have hidden for me. For you are my protector.
5 Into thy hands I commend my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, the God of truth.
Into your hands, I commend my spirit. You have redeemed me, O Lord, God of truth.
6 Thou hast hated them that regard vanities, to no purpose. But I have hoped in the Lord:
You have hated those who practice emptiness to no purpose. But I have hoped in the Lord.
7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy. For thou best regarded my humility, thou hast saved my soul out of distresses.
I will exult and rejoice in your mercy. For you have looked upon my humility; you have saved my soul from needfulness.
8 And thou hast not shut me up in the hands of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a spacious place.
And you have not enclosed me in the hands of the enemy. You have set my feet in a spacious place.
9 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: my eye is troubled with wrath, my soul, and my belly:
Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am troubled. My eye has been disturbed by wrath, along with my soul and my gut.
10 For my life is wasted with grief: and my years in sighs. My strength is weakened through poverty and my bones are disturbed.
For my life has fallen into sorrow, and my years into sighing. My virtue has been weakened in poverty, and my bones have been disturbed.
11 I am become a reproach among all my enemies, and very much to my neighbours; and a fear to my acquaintance. They that saw me without fled from me.
I have become a disgrace among all my enemies, and even more so to my neighbors, and a dread to my acquaintances. Those who catch sight of me, flee away from me.
12 I am forgotten as one dead from the heart. I am become as a vessel that is destroyed.
I have become forgotten, like one dead to the heart. I have become like a damaged utensil.
13 For I have heard the blame of many that dwell round about. While they assembled together against me, they consulted to take away my life.
For I have heard the harsh criticism of many who linger in the area. While assembled together against me in that place, they deliberated on how to take away my life.
14 But I have put my trust in thee, O Lord: I said: Thou art my God.
But I have hoped in you, O Lord. I said, “You are my God.”
15 My lots are in thy hands. Deliver me out of the hands of my enemies; and from them that persecute me.
My fate is in your hands. Rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from those who are persecuting me.
16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; save me in thy mercy.
Shine your face upon your servant. Save me in your mercy.
17 Let me not be confounded, O Lord, for I have called upon thee. Let the wicked be ashamed, and be brought down to hell. (Sheol h7585)
Do not let me be confounded, Lord, for I have called upon you. Let the impious be ashamed and be drawn down into Hell. (Sheol h7585)
18 Let deceitful lips be made dumb. Which speak iniquity against the just, with pride and abuse.
May deceitful lips be silenced: those that speak iniquity against the just, in arrogance and in abusiveness.
19 O how great is the multitude of thy sweetness, O Lord, which thou hast hidden for them that fear thee! Which thou hast wrought for them that hope in thee, in the sight of the sons of men.
How great is the multitude of your sweetness, O Lord, which you keep hidden for those who fear you, which you have perfected for those who hope in you, in the sight of the sons of men.
20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy face, from the disturbance of men. Thou shalt protect them in thy tabernacle from the contradiction of tongues.
You hide them in the concealment of your face, from the disturbance of men. You protect them in your tabernacle, from the contradiction of tongues.
21 Blessed be the Lord, for he hath shewn his wonderful mercy to me in a fortified city.
Blessed is the Lord. For he has shown his wonderful mercy to me, in a fortified city.
22 But I said in the excess of my mind: I am cast away from before thy eyes. Therefore thou hast heard the voice of my prayer, when I cried to thee.
But I said in the excess of my mind: “I have been cast away from the glance of your eyes.” And so, you heeded the voice of my prayer, while I was still crying out to you.
23 O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord will require truth, and will repay them abundantly that act proudly.
Love the Lord, all you his saints. For the Lord will require truth, and he will abundantly repay those who act with arrogance.
24 Do ye manfully, and let your heart be strengthened, all ye that hope in the Lord.
Act manfully, and let your heart be strengthened, all you who hope in the Lord.
