Psalms 31
1 “For the leader of the music. A psalm of David.” In thee, O LORD! do I trust; let me never be put to shame; According to thy goodness deliver me!
“To the chief musician, a psalm of David.” In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; Oh that I may never be put to shame: through thy righteousness do thou release me.
2 Bow down thine ear to me; help me speedily! Be to me a strong rock, a high fortress, for my deliverance!
Bend unto me thy ear; speedily deliver me: be thou unto me as a rock of protection, as a mountain strong-hold to save me.
3 For thou art my rock and my high fortress; Be thou also my guide, and lead me, for thy name's sake!
For my rock and my stronghold art thou; and for the sake of thy name lead me, and guide me.
4 Draw me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me, For thou art my strength!
Draw me out of the net which they have laid secretly for me; for thou art my protection.
5 Into thy hand I commit my life; Thou wilt deliver me, O LORD, thou God of truth!
Into thy hand do I commit my spirit: thou redeemest me, O Lord, the God of truth.
6 I hate those who regard lying vanities, And put my trust in the LORD.
I hate those that depend on lying vanities; but I trust indeed in the Lord.
7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy, That thou hast looked upon my trouble, And hast had regard to my distress;
I will be glad and rejoice in thy kindness; because thou hast seen my misery; thou hast taken cognizance of the distresses of my soul;
8 That thou hast not given me up to the hands of my enemies, But hast set my feet in a wide place.
And thou hast not surrendered me into the hand of the enemy: thou hast caused my feet to stand on an ample space.
9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD! for I am in trouble! My face is consumed with grief; Yea, my spirit and my body.
Be gracious unto me, O Lord, for I am in distress; my eye is consumed through vexation—my soul [too] and my body.
10 For my life is wasted with sorrow, And my years with sighing; My strength faileth by reason of my affliction, And my bones are consumed on account of all my enemies.
For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing, my strength faileth because of my iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
11 I have become the scorn of my neighbors, And the terror of my acquaintance; They who see me abroad flee from me.
Because of all my assailants am I become a reproach, and unto my neighbors greatly so, and a terror to my acquaintance, those that see me abroad flee away from me.
12 I am forgotten like a dead man out of mind; I am like a broken vessel.
I am forgotten as a dead man out of the heart: I am become like a perishable vessel.
13 I hear the slander of many; fear is on every side; For they take counsel together against me; They devise to take away my life.
For I have heard the slandering of many; terror was on every side, while they took counsel together against me: to take away my life did they purpose.
14 But I trust in thee, O Jehovah! I say, “Thou art my God!”
But I trusted well in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God.
15 My destiny is in thy hand; Deliver me from the power of my enemies and persecutors!
In thy hand are my destinies: deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from my persecutors.
16 Let thy face shine upon thy servant, And save me through thy mercy!
Let thy face shine upon thy servant: save me through thy kindness.
17 Let me not be put to shame, O LORD! for I have called upon thee; Let the wicked be put to shame; Let them be silenced in the grave! (Sheol h7585)
O Lord, let me not be put to shame; for I have called on thee: let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent, [passing] to the nether world. (Sheol h7585)
18 Let lying lips be put to silence, Which speak proud things against the righteous, With haughtiness and contempt!
Let the lying lips be made dumb, which speak hard things against the righteous, with pride and contempt.
19 O how great is thy goodness, which thou treasurest up for them that fear thee; Which thou showest to them that trust in thee, before the sons of men!
Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast treasured up for those that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for those that trust in thee before the sons of men!
20 Thou hidest them in the secret place of thy presence from the machinations of men; Thou shelterest them in thy pavilion from the violence of tongues.
Thou wilt conceal them in the secret of thy presence from the conspiracy of men: thou wilt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
21 Praised be the LORD; for he hath shown me his wonderful kindness, As in a fortified city!
Blessed be the Lord: for he hath shown me his kindness wonderfully in a beleaguered city.
22 I said in my distress, “I am cut off from before thine eyes;” But thou didst hear the voice of my supplication, When I cried unto thee.
And yet had I said in my despondency, I am cut off from before thy eyes: nevertheless thou didst hear the voice of my supplications when I cried loudly unto thee.
23 O love the LORD, all ye his servants; For the LORD preserveth the faithful, And requiteth the proud in full measure!
Oh love the Lord, all ye his pious ones: the Lord preserveth the faithful, and recompenses the presumption of him that acteth proudly.
24 Be of good courage; let your hearts be strong, All ye who trust in the LORD!
Be strong, and let your heart be of good courage, all ye that hope in the Lord.
