Psalms 31
1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. In thee, O Lord, haue I put my trust: let mee neuer be confounded: deliuer me in thy righteousnesse.
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 Bowe downe thine eare to me: make haste to deliuer mee: be vnto me a stronge rocke, and an house of defence to saue 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 rocke and my fortresse: therefore for thy Names sake direct mee and guide me.
For you are my strength and my refuge; and for the sake of your name, you will lead me and nourish me.
4 Drawe mee out of the nette, that they haue layde priuilie for mee: for thou art my strength.
You will lead me out of this snare, which they have hidden for me. For you are my protector.
5 Into thine hand I commend my spirit: for thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of trueth.
Into your hands, I commend my spirit. You have redeemed me, O Lord, God of truth.
6 I haue hated them that giue them selues to deceitfull vanities: for I trust in the Lord.
You have hated those who practice emptiness to no purpose. But I have hoped in the Lord.
7 I wil be glad and reioyce in thy mercie: for thou hast seene my trouble: thou hast knowen my soule in aduersities,
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 vp in the hand of the enemie, but hast set my feete at large.
And you have not enclosed me in the hands of the enemy. You have set my feet in a spacious place.
9 Haue mercie vpon mee, O Lord: for I am in trouble: mine eye, my soule and my bellie are consumed with griefe.
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 heauinesse, and my yeeres with mourning: my strength faileth for my paine, and my bones are consumed.
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 was a reproch among all mine enemies, but specially among my neighbours: and a feare to mine acquaintance, who seeing me in the streete, 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 a dead man out of minde: I am like a broken vessell.
I have become forgotten, like one dead to the heart. I have become like a damaged utensil.
13 For I haue heard the rayling of great men: feare was on euery side, while they conspired together against mee, and consulted to take 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 trusted 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 times are in thine hande: deliuer mee from the hande of mine 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 vpon thy seruant, and saue me through thy mercie.
Shine your face upon your servant. Save me in your mercy.
17 Let me not be confounded, O Lord: for I haue called vpon thee: let the wicked bee put to confusion, and to silence in the graue. (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 the lying lips be made dumme, which cruelly, proudly and spitefully speake against the righteous.
May deceitful lips be silenced: those that speak iniquity against the just, in arrogance and in abusiveness.
19 Howe great is thy goodnesse, which thou hast layde vp for them, that feare thee! and done to them, that trust in thee, euen before the sonnes 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 doest hide them priuily in thy presence from the pride of men: thou keepest them secretly in thy Tabernacle from the strife 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 hee hath shewed his marueilous kindenesse toward me in a strong citie.
Blessed is the Lord. For he has shown his wonderful mercy to me, in a fortified city.
22 Though I said in mine haste, I am cast out of thy sight, yet thou heardest the voyce of my prayer, when I cryed vnto 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 Loue ye the Lord all his Saintes: for the Lord preserueth the faithfull, and rewardeth abundantly the proud doer.
Love the Lord, all you his saints. For the Lord will require truth, and he will abundantly repay those who act with arrogance.
24 All ye that trust in the Lord, be strong, and he shall establish your heart.
Act manfully, and let your heart be strengthened, all you who hope in the Lord.
