< Psalms 31 >
1 In you, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in your righteousness.
For the Leader. A Psalm of David. In thee, O LORD, have I taken refuge; let me never be ashamed; deliver me in Thy righteousness.
2 Bow down your ear to me; deliver me speedily: be you my strong rock, for an house of defense to save me.
Incline Thine ear unto me, deliver me speedily; be Thou to me a rock of refuge, even a fortress of defence, to save me.
3 For you are my rock and my fortress; therefore for your name’s sake lead me, and guide me.
For Thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for Thy name's sake lead me and guide me.
4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privately for me: for you are my strength.
Bring me forth out of the net that they have hidden for me; for Thou art my stronghold.
5 Into your hand I commit my spirit: you have redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
Into Thy hand I commit my spirit; Thou hast redeemed me, O LORD, Thou God of truth.
6 I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.
I hate them that regard lying vanities; but I trust in the LORD.
7 I will be glad and rejoice in your mercy: for you have considered my trouble; you have known my soul in adversities;
I will be glad and rejoice in Thy lovingkindness; for Thou hast seen mine affliction, Thou hast taken cognizance of the troubles of my soul,
8 And have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: you have set my feet in a large room.
And Thou hast not given me over into the hand of the enemy; Thou hast set my feet in a broad place.
9 Have mercy on me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: my eye is consumed with grief, yes, my soul and my belly.
Be gracious unto me, O LORD, for I am in distress; mine eye wasteth away with vexation, yea, my soul and my body.
10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
For my life is spent in sorrow, and my years in sighing; my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are wasted away.
11 I was a reproach among all my enemies, but especially among my neighbors, and a fear to my acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
Because of all mine adversaries I am become a reproach, yea, unto my neighbours exceedingly, and a dread to mine acquaintance; they that see me without flee from me.
12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind; I am like a useless vessel.
13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
For I have heard the whispering of many, terror on every side; while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
14 But I trusted in you, O LORD: I said, You are my God.
But as for me, I have trusted in Thee, O LORD; I have said: 'Thou art my God.'
15 My times are in your hand: deliver me from the hand 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 them that persecute me.
16 Make your face to shine on your servant: save me for your mercies’ sake.
Make Thy face to shine upon Thy servant; save me in Thy lovingkindness.
17 Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called on you: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave. (Sheol )
O LORD, let me not be ashamed, for I have called upon Thee; let the wicked be ashamed, let them be put to silence in the nether-world. (Sheol )
18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
Let the lying lips be dumb, which speak arrogantly against the righteous, with pride and contempt.
19 Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for them that fear you; which you have worked for them that trust in you before the sons of men!
Oh how abundant is Thy goodness, which Thou hast laid up for them that fear Thee; which Thou hast wrought for them that take their refuge in Thee, in the sight of the sons of men!
20 You shall hide them in the secret of your presence from the pride of man: you shall keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
Thou hidest them in the covert of Thy presence from the plottings of man; Thou concealest them in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
21 Blessed be the LORD: for he has showed me his marvelous kindness in a strong city.
Blessed be the LORD; for He hath shown me His wondrous lovingkindness in an entrenched city.
22 For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before your eyes: nevertheless you heard the voice of my supplications when I cried to you.
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 you his saints: for the LORD preserves the faithful, and plentifully rewards the proud doer.
O love the LORD, all ye His godly ones; the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully repayeth him that acteth haughtily.
24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all you that hope in the LORD.
Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all ye that wait for the LORD.