Psalms 31
1 For the leader. A psalm of David. In you, O Lord, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame. Rescue me in your faithfulness;
For the chief musician. A psalm of David. In you, Yahweh, I take refuge; never let me be humiliated. Rescue me in your righteousness.
2 incline to me your ear. Deliver me speedily. Be to me a rock of defence, a fortified house, to save me.
Listen to me; rescue me quickly; be my rock of refuge, a stronghold to save me.
3 For my rock and my fortress are you; lead me and guide me so your name will be honored.
For you are my rock and my fortress; therefore for your name's sake, lead and guide me.
4 Draw me out of the net they have hid for me, for you yourself are my refuge.
Pluck me out of the net that they have hidden for me, for you are my refuge.
5 Into your hand I commend my spirit: you ransom me, Lord, faithful God.
Into your hands I entrust my spirit; you will redeem me, Yahweh, God of trustworthiness.
6 I hate those devoted to worthless idols; I trust in the Lord.
I hate those who serve worthless idols, but I trust in Yahweh.
7 I will rejoice and be glad in your love, because you have looked on my misery, and cared for me in my distress.
I will be glad and rejoice in your covenant faithfulness, for you saw my affliction; you knew the distress of my soul.
8 You have not given me into the enemy’s hand, you have set my feet in a spacious place.
You have not given me into the hand of my enemy. You have set my feet in a wide open place.
9 Be gracious to me, Lord, for I am distressed; my eye is wasted away with sorrow.
Have mercy upon me, Yahweh, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weary with grief with my soul and my body.
10 For my life is consumed with grief, and my years with sighing. My strength is broken with misery, my bones waste away.
For my life is weary with sorrow and my years with groaning. My strength fails because of my sin, and my bones are wasting away.
11 The scorn of all my foes, the butt of my neighbors am I, a terror to my acquaintance. At the sight of me in the street people turn quickly away.
Because of all my enemies, people disdain me; my neighbors are appalled at my situation, and those who know me are horrified. Those who see me in the street run from me.
12 I am clean forgotten like the dead, am become like a ruined vessel.
I am forgotten as a dead man whom no one thinks about. I am like a broken pot.
13 I hear the whispers of many – terror on every side – scheming together against me, plotting to take my life.
For I have heard the whispering of many, terrifying news from every side as they plot together against me. They plot to take away my life.
14 But my trust is in you, Lord. “You are my God,” I say;
But I trust in you, Yahweh; I say, “You are my God.”
15 my times are in your hand, save me from the hand of the foes who pursue me.
My times are in your hand. Rescue me from the hands of my enemies and from those who pursue me.
16 Make your face to shine on your servant, save me in your love.
Make your face shine on your servant; save me in your covenant faithfulness.
17 Put me not, O Lord, to shame, for I have called upon you. Let the wicked be put to shame silent in Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
Do not let me be humiliated, Yahweh; for I call out to you! May the wicked be humiliated! May they be silent in Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
18 Strike the false lips dumb, that speak proudly against the righteous with haughtiness and contempt.
May lying lips be silenced that speak against the righteous defiantly with arrogance and contempt.
19 How great is the goodness you have treasured for those who fear you, and wrought for those who take refuge in you, in plain sight of all!
How great is your goodness that you have stored up for those who revere you, that you perform for those who take refuge in you before all the children of mankind!
20 In your sheltering wings you hide them from plottings of people, you keep them safe in a bower from the chiding of tongues.
In the shelter of your presence, you hide them from the plots of men. You hide them in a shelter from the violence of tongues.
21 Blest be the Lord for the wonderful love he has shown me in time of distress.
Blessed be Yahweh, for he showed me his marvelous covenant faithfulness when I was in a besieged city.
22 For I had said in panic, “I am driven clean out of your sight.” But you heard my plea, when I cried to you for help.
Though I said in my haste, “I am cut off from your eyes,” yet you heard my plea for help when I cried to you.
23 Love the Lord, all you faithful; the Lord protects the loyal, but repays the haughty in full.
Oh, love Yahweh, all you faithful followers. Yahweh protects the faithful, but he pays back the arrogant in full.
24 Let your hearts be courageous and strong, all you who wait on the Lord.
Be strong and confident, all you who trust in Yahweh for help.
