Psalms 31

1 In you, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in your righteousness.

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. In you, LORD, I take refuge. Let me never be disappointed. Deliver me in your righteousness.

2 Bow down your ear to me; deliver me speedily: be you my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.

Bow down your ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be to me a strong rock, a house of defense to save me.

3 For you are my rock and my fortress; therefore for your name's sake lead me, and guide me.

For you are my rock and my fortress, therefore for your 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.

Pluck me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, for you are my stronghold.

5 Into your hand I commit my spirit: you have redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.

Into your hand I commend my spirit. You redeem me, LORD, God of truth.

6 I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.

I hate those who 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 your loving kindness, for you have seen my affliction. You have known my soul in adversities.

8 And have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: you have set my feet in a large room.

You have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy. You have set my feet in a large place.

9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.

Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am in distress. My eye, my soul, and my body waste away with grief.

10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength fails because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

For my life is spent with sorrow, my years with sighing. My strength fails because of my iniquity. My bones are wasted away.

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.

Because of all my adversaries I have become utterly contemptible to my neighbors, a horror to my acquaintances. Those who saw me on the street fled from me.

12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.

I am forgotten from their hearts like a dead man. I am like broken pottery.

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 slander of many, terror on every side, while they conspire together against me, they plot to take away my life.

14 But I trusted in you, O LORD: I said, You are my God.

But I trust in you, LORD. I said, “You are my God.”

15 My times are in your hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

My times are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.

16 Make your face to shine upon your servant: save me for your mercies' sake.

Make your face to shine on your servant. Save me in your loving kindness.

17 Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon you: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave. (Sheol h7585)

Let me not be disappointed, LORD, for I have called on you. Let the wicked be disappointed. Let them be silent in Sheol (Sheol h7585).

18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.

19 Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for them that fear you; which you have wrought for them that trust in you before the sons of men!

Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before 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.

In the shelter of your presence you will hide them from the plotting of man. You will keep them secretly in a dwelling away from the strife of tongues.

21 Blessed be the LORD: for he has showed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.

Praise be to the LORD, for he has shown me his marvelous loving kindness in a strong 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 unto you.

As for me, I said in my haste, “I am cut off from before your eyes.” Nevertheless you heard the voice of my petitions when I cried to you.

23 O love the LORD, all you his saints: for the LORD perserves the faithful, and plentifully rewards the proud doer.

Oh love the LORD, all you his saints! The LORD preserves the faithful, and fully recompenses him who behaves arrogantly.

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 you who hope in the LORD.