Psalms 31

1 TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. In You, O YHWH, I have trusted, Do not let me be ashamed for all time, In Your righteousness deliver me.

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; save me by Your righteousness.

2 Incline Your ear to me quickly, deliver me, Be to me for a strong rock, For a house of bulwarks to save me.

Incline Your ear to me; come quickly to my rescue. Be my rock of refuge, the stronghold of my deliverance.

3 For You [are] my rock and my bulwark, For Your Name’s sake lead me and tend me.

For You are my rock and my fortress; lead me and guide me for the sake of Your name.

4 Bring me out from the net that they hid for me, For You [are] my strength.

You free me from the net laid out for me, for You are my refuge.

5 Into Your hand I commit my spirit, You have redeemed me, YHWH God of truth.

Into Your hands I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O LORD, God of truth.

6 I have hated the observers of lying vanities, And I have been confident toward YHWH.

I hate those who cling to worthless idols, but in the LORD I trust.

7 I rejoice, and am glad in Your kindness, In that You have seen my affliction, You have known my soul in adversities.

I will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion, for You have seen my affliction; You have known the anguish of my soul.

8 And You have not shut me up, Into the hand of an enemy, You have caused my feet to stand in a broad place.

You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.

9 Favor me, O YHWH, for distress [is] to me, My eye, my soul, and my body Have become old by provocation.

Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.

10 For my life has been consumed in sorrow And my years in sighing. My strength has been feeble because of my iniquity, And my bones have become old.

For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.

11 I have been a reproach among all my adversaries, And to my neighbors exceedingly, And a fear to my acquaintances, Those seeing me without—fled from me.

Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends— they flee when they see me on the street.

12 I have been forgotten as dead, out of mind, I have been as a perishing vessel.

I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel.

13 For I have heard an evil account of many, Fear [is] all around. In their being united against me, They have devised to take my life,

For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.

14 And I have trusted on You, O YHWH, I have said, “You [are] my God.”

But I trust in You, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.”

15 In Your hand [are] my times, Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from my pursuers.

My times are in Your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.

16 Cause Your face to shine on Your servant, Save me in Your kindness.

Make Your face shine on Your servant; save me by Your loving devotion.

17 O YHWH, do not let me be ashamed, For I have called You, let the wicked be ashamed, Let them become silent to Sheol. (Sheol h7585)

O LORD, let me not be ashamed, for I have called on You. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them lie silent in Sheol. (Sheol h7585)

18 Let lips of falsehood become mute, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.

May lying lips be silenced— lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.

19 How abundant is Your goodness, That You have laid up for those fearing You, You have worked for those trusting in You, Before sons of men.

How great is Your goodness which You have laid up for those who fear You, which You have bestowed before the sons of men on those who take refuge in You!

20 You hide them in the secret place of Your presence, From schemes of man, You conceal them in a dwelling place, From the strife of tongues.

You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the schemes of men. You conceal them in Your shelter from accusing tongues.

21 Blessed [is] YHWH, For He has made His kindness marvelous To me in a city of bulwarks.

Blessed be the LORD, for He has shown me His loving devotion in a city under siege.

22 And I have said in my haste, “I have been cut off from before Your eyes,” But You have heard the voice of my supplications, In my crying to You.

In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.

23 Love YHWH, all you His saints, YHWH is keeping the faithful, And repaying a proud doer abundantly.

Love the LORD, all His saints. The LORD preserves the faithful, but fully repays the arrogant.

24 Be strong, and He strengthens your heart, All you who are waiting for YHWH!

Be strong and courageous, all you who hope in the LORD.