Psalms 31

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

To the choirmaster a psalm of David. In you O Yahweh I have taken refuge may not I be ashamed for ever in righteousness your deliver me.

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

Incline to me - ear your quickly deliver me become of me - a rock of refuge a house of strongholds to save me.

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

For [are] rock my and stronghold my you and for [the] sake of name your you guide me and you lead me.

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

You will bring out me from [the] net which people have hidden for me for you [are] place of refuge my.

5 Into your hands I commit my spirit. You redeem me, YHWH, God of truth.

In hand your I entrust spirit my you have redeemed me O Yahweh God of faithfulness.

6 I hate those who regard lying vanities, but I trust in YHWH.

I hate those [who] keep vanities of falsehood and I to Yahweh I trust.

7 I will be glad and rejoice in your loving kindness, for you have seen my affliction. You have known my soul in adversities.

I will rejoice and I will be glad in covenant loyalty your that you saw affliction my you knew [the] troubles of self my.

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

And not you delivered up me in [the] hand of an enemy you made stand in roomy place feet my.

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

Show favor to me O Yahweh for it is distress to me it has wasted away with grief eye my being my and belly my.

10 For my life is spent with sorrow, my years with sighing. My strength fails because of my affliction, and my bones waste away.

For they have wasted away in sorrow life my and years my with groaning it has failed by iniquity my strength my and bones my they have wasted away.

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

From all opposers my I have become a reproach and to neighbors my - exceedingly and a dread to acquaintances my [those who] see me in the street they flee from me.

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

I have been forgotten like a dead [person] from [the] heart I have become like a vessel [which] is destroyed.

13 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.

For I have heard - [the] slander of many [people] terror [is] from around about when they seated themselves together on me to take life my they plotted.

14 But I trust in you, YHWH. I said, "You are my God."

And I - on you I rely O Yahweh I say [are] God my you.

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

[are] in Hand your times my deliver me from [the] hand of enemies my and from pursuers my.

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

Make shine! face your on servant your save me in covenant loyalty your.

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

O Yahweh may not I be ashamed for I have called out to you may they be ashamed wicked [people] may they be silent to Sheol. (Sheol h7585)

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

May they be dumb lips of falsehood which speak on [the] righteous arrogance with pride and contempt.

19 Oh how great is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the descendants of Adam.

How! great [is] goodness your which you have stored up for [those] fearing you [which] you have done for [those who] take refuge in you before [the] children of humankind.

20 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.

You hide them - in [the] hiding place of presence your from [the] conspiracies of man you hide them in a shelter from strife of tongues.

21 Praise be to YHWH, for he has shown me his marvelous loving kindness in a besieged city.

[be] blessed Yahweh for he has made wonderful covenant loyalty his to me in a city of siege.

22 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.

And I - I said when was hastening I I have been cut off from before eyes your nevertheless you heard [the] sound of supplications my when cried for help I to you.

23 Oh love YHWH, all you his faithful ones. YHWH preserves the faithful, and fully recompenses him who behaves arrogantly.

Love Yahweh O all faithful [people] his faithful [people] [is] preserving Yahweh and [is] repaying on excess [one who] does pride.

24 Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who hope in YHWH.

Be strong so may it show strength heart your O all those [who] wait for Yahweh.