Psalms 31

1 For the chief musician. A psalm of David. In you, Yahweh, I take refuge; never let me be humiliated. Rescue me in your righteousness.

TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. In You, O YHWH, I have trusted, Do not let me be ashamed for all time, In Your righteousness deliver me.

2 Listen to me; rescue me quickly; be my rock of refuge, a stronghold to save me.

Incline Your ear to me quickly, deliver me, Be to me for a strong rock, For a house of bulwarks to save me.

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

For You [are] my rock and my bulwark, For Your Name’s sake lead me and tend me.

4 Pluck me out of the net that they have hidden for me, for you are my refuge.

Bring me out from the net that they hid for me, For You [are] my strength.

5 Into your hands I entrust my spirit; you will redeem me, Yahweh, God of trustworthiness.

Into Your hand I commit my spirit, You have redeemed me, YHWH God of truth.

6 I hate those who serve worthless idols, but I trust in Yahweh.

I have hated the observers of lying vanities, And I have been confident toward YHWH.

7 I will be glad and rejoice in your covenant faithfulness, for you saw my affliction; you knew the distress of my soul.

I rejoice, and am glad in Your kindness, In that You have seen my affliction, You have known my soul in adversities.

8 You have not given me into the hand of my enemy. You have set my feet in a wide open place.

And You have not shut me up, Into the hand of an enemy, You have caused my feet to stand in a broad place.

9 Have mercy upon me, Yahweh, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weary with grief with my soul and my body.

Favor me, O YHWH, for distress [is] to me, My eye, my soul, and my body Have become old by provocation.

10 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.

For my life has been consumed in sorrow And my years in sighing. My strength has been feeble because of my iniquity, And my bones have become old.

11 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.

I have been a reproach among all my adversaries, And to my neighbors exceedingly, And a fear to my acquaintances, Those seeing me without—fled from me.

12 I am forgotten as a dead man whom no one thinks about. I am like a broken pot.

I have been forgotten as dead, out of mind, I have been as a perishing vessel.

13 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.

For I have heard an evil account of many, Fear [is] all around. In their being united against me, They have devised to take my life,

14 But I trust in you, Yahweh; I say, “You are my God.”

And I have trusted on You, O YHWH, I have said, “You [are] my God.”

15 My times are in your hand. Rescue me from the hands of my enemies and from those who pursue me.

In Your hand [are] my times, Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from my pursuers.

16 Make your face shine on your servant; save me in your covenant faithfulness.

Cause Your face to shine on Your servant, Save me in Your kindness.

17 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)

O YHWH, do not let me be ashamed, For I have called You, let the wicked be ashamed, Let them become silent to Sheol. (Sheol h7585)

18 May lying lips be silenced that speak against the righteous defiantly with arrogance and contempt.

Let lips of falsehood become mute, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.

19 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!

How abundant is Your goodness, That You have laid up for those fearing You, You have worked for those trusting in You, Before sons of men.

20 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.

You hide them in the secret place of Your presence, From schemes of man, You conceal them in a dwelling place, From the strife of tongues.

21 Blessed be Yahweh, for he showed me his marvelous covenant faithfulness when I was in a besieged city.

Blessed [is] YHWH, For He has made His kindness marvelous To me in a city of bulwarks.

22 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.

And I have said in my haste, “I have been cut off from before Your eyes,” But You have heard the voice of my supplications, In my crying to You.

23 Oh, love Yahweh, all you faithful followers. Yahweh protects the faithful, but he pays back the arrogant in full.

Love YHWH, all you His saints, YHWH is keeping the faithful, And repaying a proud doer abundantly.

24 Be strong and confident, all you who trust in Yahweh for help.

Be strong, and He strengthens your heart, All you who are waiting for YHWH!