Psalms 31
1 In thee, O Yhwh, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
In finem. Psalmus David, pro extasi. In te, Domine, speravi; non confundar in æternum: in justitia tua libera me.
2 Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
Inclina ad me aurem tuam; accelera ut eruas me. Esto mihi in Deum protectorem, et in domum refugii, ut salvum me facias:
3 For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me.
quoniam fortitudo mea et refugium meum es tu; et propter nomen tuum deduces me et enutries me.
4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.
Educes me de laqueo hoc quem absconderunt mihi, quoniam tu es protector meus.
5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Yhwh God of truth.
In manus tuas commendo spiritum meum; redemisti me, Domine Deus veritatis.
6 I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in Yhwh.
Odisti observantes vanitates supervacue; ego autem in Domino speravi.
7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
Exsultabo, et lætabor in misericordia tua, quoniam respexisti humilitatem meam; salvasti de necessitatibus animam meam.
8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large place.
Nec conclusisti me in manibus inimici: statuisti in loco spatioso pedes meos.
9 Have mercy upon me, O Yhwh, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
Miserere mei, Domine, quoniam tribulor; conturbatus est in ira oculus meus, anima mea, et venter meus.
10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
Quoniam defecit in dolore vita mea, et anni mei in gemitibus. Infirmata est in paupertate virtus mea, et ossa mea conturbata sunt.
11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
Super omnes inimicos meos factus sum opprobrium, et vicinis meis valde, et timor notis meis; qui videbant me foras fugerunt a me.
12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
Oblivioni datus sum, tamquam mortuus a corde; factus sum tamquam vas perditum:
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.
quoniam audivi vituperationem multorum commorantium in circuitu. In eo dum convenirent simul adversum me, accipere animam meam consiliati sunt.
14 But I trusted in thee, O Yhwh: I said, Thou art my God.
Ego autem in te speravi, Domine; dixi: Deus meus es tu;
15 My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
in manibus tuis sortes meæ: eripe me de manu inimicorum meorum, et a persequentibus me.
16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’ sake.
Illustra faciem tuam super servum tuum; salvum me fac in misericordia tua.
17 Let me not be ashamed, O Yhwh; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave. (Sheol h7585)
Domine, non confundar, quoniam invocavi te. Erubescant impii, et deducantur in infernum; (Sheol h7585)
18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
muta fiant labia dolosa, quæ loquuntur adversus justum iniquitatem, in superbia, et in abusione.
19 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!
Quam magna multitudo dulcedinis tuæ, Domine, quam abscondisti timentibus te; perfecisti eis qui sperant in te in conspectu filiorum hominum!
20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
Abscondes eos in abscondito faciei tuæ a conturbatione hominum; proteges eos in tabernaculo tuo, a contradictione linguarum.
21 Blessed be Yhwh: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.
Benedictus Dominus, quoniam mirificavit misericordiam suam mihi in civitate munita.
22 For 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.
Ego autem dixi in excessu mentis meæ: Projectus sum a facie oculorum tuorum: ideo exaudisti vocem orationis meæ, dum clamarem ad te.
23 O love Yhwh, all ye his saints: for Yhwh preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
Diligite Dominum, omnes sancti ejus, quoniam veritatem requiret Dominus, et retribuet abundanter facientibus superbiam.
24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in Yhwh.
Viriliter agite, et confortetur cor vestrum, omnes qui speratis in Domino.
