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:

For the end, a Psalm of David, [an utterance] of extreme fear. O Lord, I have hoped in you; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in your righteousness and rescue me.

2 Incline unto me, thine ear, Speedily rescue me, —Become to me a Rock of refuge, a Place of security, For saving me.

Incline your ear to me; make haste to rescue me: be you to me for a protecting God, and for 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 you are my strength and my refuge; and you shall guide me for your name's sake, and maintain me.

4 Wilt thou bring me forth, out of the net which they have hidden for me? For, thou, art my refuge.

You shall bring me out of the snare which they have hidden for me; for you, O Lord, are my defender.

5 Into thy hand, do I commit my spirit—Thou hast ransomed me, O Yahweh, GOD most faithful.

Into your hands I will commit my spirit: you have redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.

6 I hate such as give heed to false vanities, I, then, in Yahweh, have set my hope.

You has hated them that idly persist in vanities: 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 exult and be glad in your mercy: for you have looked upon mine affliction; you have saved my soul from 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 you have not shut me up into the hands of the enemy: you have set my feet in a wide place.

9 Show me favour, O Yahweh, for in distress am I, —Wasted with vexation, is mine eye—my soul and my body;

Pity me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: my eye is troubled with indignation, my soul and by 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 spent with grief, and my years with groanings: my strength has been weakened through poverty, and my bones are troubled.

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 became a reproach among all mine enemies, but exceedingly so to my neighbors, and a fear to mine 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 have been forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am become as a broken vessel.

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 heard the slander of many that lived round about: when they were gathered together against me, they took counsel to take my life.

14 I, therefore. in thee, have put my trust, O Yahweh, I have said, My God, thou art!

But I hoped in you, O Lord: I said, You are 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 your hands: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies,

16 Cause thy face to shine upon thy servant, Save me in thy lovingkindness.

and from them that persecute me. Make your face to shine upon your servant: save me in your 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)

O Lord, let me not be ashamed, for I have called upon you: let the ungodly be ashamed, and brought down to Hades. (Sheol h7585)

18 Let false lips be made dumb, —which are speaking—against a righteous one—arrogantly, with pride and contempt.

Let the deceitful lips become dumb, which speak iniquity against the righteous with pride and scorn.

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.

How abundant is the multitude of your goodness, O Lord, which you have laid up for them that fear you! you have wrought [it] out for them that hope on you, in the presence 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.

You will hide them in the secret of your presence from the vexation of man: you will screen them in a 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 has magnified his mercy 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 my extreme fear, I am cast out from the sight of your eyes: therefore you did listen, O Lord, to the voice of my supplication when I cried to you.

23 Love Yahweh, all ye his men of lovingkindness, —Faithfulness, doth Yahweh observe, but repayeth abundantly him that worketh proudly.

Love the Lord, all you his saints: for the Lord seeks for truth, and renders [a reward] to them that deal very proudly.

24 Be strong, and let your heart be bold, all ye who are waiting for Yahweh.

Be of good courage, and let your heart be strengthened, all you that hope in the Lord.