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.

To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. In thee, Jehovah, do I trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.

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 thine ear to me, deliver me speedily; be a strong rock to me, a house of defence to save me.

3 For thou art my strength and my refuge; and for thy name’s sake thou wilt lead me, and nourish me.

For thou art my rock and my fortress; and, for thy name's sake, thou wilt lead me and guide me.

4 Thou wilt bring me out of this snare, which they have hidden for me: for thou art my protector.

Draw me out of the net that they have hidden for me; for thou art my strength.

5 Into thy hands I commend my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, the God of truth.

Into thy hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, Jehovah, [thou] God of truth.

6 Thou hast hated them that regard vanities, to no purpose. But I have hoped in the Lord:

I have hated them that observe lying vanities; and as for me, I have confided in Jehovah.

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 be glad and rejoice in thy loving-kindness, for thou hast seen mine affliction; thou hast known the troubles of my soul,

8 And thou hast not shut me up in the hands of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a spacious place.

And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large place.

9 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: my eye is troubled with wrath, my soul, and my belly:

Be gracious unto me, Jehovah, for I am in trouble: mine eye wasteth away with vexation, my soul and my belly.

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 is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength faileth through mine iniquity, and my bones are wasted.

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.

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.

12 I am forgotten as one dead from the heart. I am become as a vessel that is destroyed.

I am forgotten in [their] heart as a dead man; I am become like a broken vessel.

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 slander of many — terror on every side — when they take counsel together against me: they plot to take away my life.

14 But I have put my trust in thee, O Lord: I said: Thou art my God.

But I confided in thee, Jehovah; I said, thou art 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 times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from my persecutors.

16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; save me in thy mercy.

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; save me in thy loving-kindness.

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)

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)

18 Let deceitful lips be made dumb. Which speak iniquity against the just, with pride and abuse.

Let the lying lips become dumb, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.

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.

[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!

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.

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.

21 Blessed be the Lord, for he hath shewn his wonderful mercy to me in a fortified city.

Blessed be Jehovah; for he hath shewn me wondrously his loving-kindness in a strong 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.

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.

23 O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord will require truth, and will repay them abundantly that act proudly.

Love Jehovah, all ye his saints. Jehovah preserveth the faithful, and plentifully requiteth the proud doer.

24 Do ye manfully, and let your heart be strengthened, all ye that hope in the Lord.

Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all ye that hope in Jehovah.