Psalms 31
1 To the Chief Musician. A Melody of David. In thee, O Yahweh, have I sought refuge, Let me not be ashamed to times age-abiding, In thy righteousness, deliver me:
Unto the end, a psalm for David, in an ecstasy. In thee, O Lord, have I hoped, let me never be confounded: deliver me in thy justice.
2 Incline unto me, thine ear, Speedily rescue me, —Become to me a Rock of refuge, a Place of security, For saving me.
Bow down thy ear to me: make haste to deliver me. Be thou unto me a God, a protector, and a house of refuge, to save me.
3 Because, my mountain crag and my stronghold, thou art, Therefore, for the sake of thine own Name, wilt thou lead me and guide me?
For thou art my strength and my refuge; and for thy name’s sake thou wilt lead me, and nourish me.
4 Wilt thou bring me forth, out of the net which they have hidden for me? For, thou, art my refuge.
Thou wilt bring me out of this snare, which they have hidden for me: for thou art my protector.
5 Into thy hand, do I commit my spirit—Thou hast ransomed me, O Yahweh, GOD most faithful.
Into thy hands I commend my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, the God of truth.
6 I hate such as give heed to false vanities, I, then, in Yahweh, have set my hope.
Thou hast hated them that regard vanities, to no purpose. But I have hoped in the Lord:
7 I will indeed exult and rejoice, in thy lovingkindness, —In that thou hast looked upon my humiliation, thou hast taken note that in distresses was my life;
I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy. For thou best regarded my humility, thou hast saved my soul out of distresses.
8 And hast not shut me up in the hand of the foe, Thou hast given standing, in a roomy place, unto my feet.
And thou hast not shut me up in the hands of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a spacious place.
9 Show me favour, O Yahweh, for in distress am I, —Wasted with vexation, is mine eye—my soul and my body;
Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: my eye is troubled with wrath, my soul, and my belly:
10 For, consumed with sorrow, is my life, and my years with sighing, —My strength hath staggered with my humiliation, and, my bones, are without marrow.
For my life is wasted with grief: and my years in sighs. My strength is weakened through poverty and my bones are disturbed.
11 By reason of all mine adversaries, have I become a reproach. Even to my neighbours, altogether, and a dread to mine acquaintance, —They who have seen me abroad, have fled from me:
I am become a reproach among all my enemies, and very much to my neighbours; and a fear to my acquaintance. They that saw me without fled from me.
12 I have been forgotten, like one dead—out of mind, I have been as a missing vessel.
I am forgotten as one dead from the heart. I am become as a vessel that is destroyed.
13 For I have heard the whispering of many—A terror round about! When they have sat in conclave together against me, to take away my life, have they intrigued.
For I have heard the blame of many that dwell round about. While they assembled together against me, they consulted to take away my life.
14 I, therefore. in thee, have put my trust, O Yahweh, I have said, My God, thou art!
But I have put my trust in thee, O Lord: I said: Thou art my God.
15 In thy hand, are my times, Rescue me from the hand of my foes and from my pursuers!
My lots are in thy hands. Deliver me out of the hands of my enemies; and from them that persecute me.
16 Cause thy face to shine upon thy servant, Save me in thy lovingkindness.
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; save me in thy mercy.
17 O Yahweh! let me not be ashamed, For I have called upon thee, Let the lawless be ashamed, Go down in silence to hades! (Sheol h7585)
Let me not be confounded, O Lord, for I have called upon thee. Let the wicked be ashamed, and be brought down to hell. (Sheol h7585)
18 Let false lips be made dumb, —which are speaking—against a righteous one—arrogantly, with pride and contempt.
Let deceitful lips be made dumb. Which speak iniquity against the just, with pride and abuse.
19 How great is thy goodness, which thou hast hidden away for them who revere thee, —Thou hast wrought for them who seek refuge in thee, in sight of the sons of men.
O how great is the multitude of thy sweetness, O Lord, which thou hast hidden for them that fear thee! Which thou hast wrought for them that hope in thee, in the sight of the sons of men.
20 Thou wilt conceal them, in the secrecy of thine own presence, from the conspiracies of men, —Thou wilt hide them in a pavilion, from the strife of tongues.
Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy face, from the disturbance of men. Thou shalt protect them in thy tabernacle from the contradiction of tongues.
21 Blessed be Yahweh, for he hath made wonderful his lovingkindness for me, in a fortified city.
Blessed be the Lord, for he hath shewn his wonderful mercy to me in a fortified city.
22 But, I, had said in mine alarm, I am cut off from before thine eyes, —But, indeed, thou didst hear the voice of my supplication, when I cried for help unto thee.
But I said in the excess of my mind: I am cast away from before thy eyes. Therefore thou hast heard the voice of my prayer, when I cried to thee.
23 Love Yahweh, all ye his men of lovingkindness, —Faithfulness, doth Yahweh observe, but repayeth abundantly him that worketh proudly.
O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord will require truth, and will repay them abundantly that act proudly.
24 Be strong, and let your heart be bold, all ye who are waiting for Yahweh.
Do ye manfully, and let your heart be strengthened, all ye that hope in the Lord.
