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, O Lord, do I put my trust; Oh that I may never be put to shame: through thy righteousness do thou release 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.
Bend unto me thy ear; speedily deliver me: be thou unto me as a rock of protection, as a mountain strong-hold 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 my rock and my stronghold art thou; and for the sake of thy name 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 which they have laid secretly for me; for thou art my protection.
5 Into thy hands I commend my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, the God of truth.
Into thy hand do I commit my spirit: thou redeemest me, O Lord, the God of truth.
6 Thou hast hated them that regard vanities, to no purpose. But I have hoped in the Lord:
I hate those that depend on lying vanities; but I trust indeed 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 be glad and rejoice in thy kindness; because thou hast seen my misery; thou hast taken cognizance of the distresses 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 thou hast not surrendered me into the hand of the enemy: thou hast caused my feet to stand on an ample space.
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, O Lord, for I am in distress; my eye is consumed through vexation—my soul [too] and my body.
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 because of my iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
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.
Because of all my assailants am I become a reproach, and unto my neighbors greatly so, and a terror to my acquaintance, those that see me abroad flee away from me.
12 I am forgotten as one dead from the heart. I am become as a vessel that is destroyed.
I am forgotten as a dead man out of the heart: I am become like a perishable 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 slandering of many; terror was on every side, while they took counsel together against me: to take away my life did they purpose.
14 But I have put my trust in thee, O Lord: I said: Thou art my God.
But I trusted well in thee, O Lord: 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.
In thy hand are my destinies: deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from my persecutors.
16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; save me in thy mercy.
Let thy face shine upon thy servant: save me through thy 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)
O Lord, let me not be put to shame; for I have called on thee: let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent, [passing] to the nether world. (Sheol h7585)
18 Let deceitful lips be made dumb. Which speak iniquity against the just, with pride and abuse.
Let the lying lips be made dumb, which speak hard things against the righteous, with 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 treasured up for those that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for those 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 wilt conceal them in the secret of thy presence from the conspiracy of men: thou wilt keep them secretly 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 the Lord: for he hath shown me his kindness wonderfully in a beleaguered 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.
And yet had I said in my despondency, I am cut off from before thy eyes: nevertheless thou didst hear the voice of my supplications when I cried loudly 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.
Oh love the Lord, all ye his pious ones: the Lord preserveth the faithful, and recompenses the presumption of him that acteth proudly.
24 Do ye manfully, and let your heart be strengthened, all ye that hope in the Lord.
Be strong, and let your heart be of good courage, all ye that hope in the Lord.
