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.

For the chief musician. A psalm of David. In you, Yahweh, I take refuge; never let me be humiliated. Rescue me in your 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.

Listen to me; rescue me quickly; be my rock of refuge, a stronghold 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 you are my rock and my fortress; therefore for your name's sake, lead and guide me.

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

Pluck me out of the net that they have hidden for me, for you are my refuge.

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

Into your hands I entrust my spirit; you will redeem me, Yahweh, God of trustworthiness.

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

I hate those who serve worthless idols, but I trust in Yahweh.

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 your covenant faithfulness, for you saw my affliction; you knew the distress 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.

You have not given me into the hand of my enemy. You have set my feet in a wide open 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 upon me, Yahweh, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weary with grief with my soul 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 weary with sorrow and my years with groaning. My strength fails because of my sin, and my bones are wasting away.

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 enemies, people disdain me; my neighbors are appalled at my situation, and those who know me are horrified. Those who see me in the street run 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 whom no one thinks about. I am like a broken pot.

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 whispering of many, terrifying news from every side as they plot 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 trust in you, Yahweh; I say, “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 times are in your hand. Rescue me from the hands of my enemies and from those who pursue me.

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

Make your face shine on your servant; save me in your covenant faithfulness.

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 humiliated, Yahweh; for I call out to you! May the wicked be humiliated! May they be silent in Sheol. (Sheol h7585)

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

May lying lips be silenced that speak against the righteous defiantly with arrogance 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.

How great is your goodness that you have stored up for those who revere you, that you perform for those who take refuge in you before all the children of mankind!

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.

In the shelter of your presence, you hide them from the plots of men. You hide them in a shelter from the violence of tongues.

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

Blessed be Yahweh, for he showed me his marvelous covenant faithfulness when I was in a besieged 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.

Though I said in my haste, “I am cut off from your eyes,” yet you heard my plea for help when I cried 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.

Oh, love Yahweh, all you faithful followers. Yahweh protects the faithful, but he pays back the arrogant in full.

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

Be strong and confident, all you who trust in Yahweh for help.