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.

“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!

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

Bow down thine ear to me; help me speedily! Be to me a strong rock, a high fortress, for my deliverance!

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

For thou art my rock and my high fortress; Be thou also my guide, and lead me, for thy name's sake!

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

Draw me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me, For thou art my strength!

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

Into thy hand I commit my life; Thou wilt deliver me, O LORD, thou God of truth!

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

I hate those who regard lying vanities, And put my trust in the LORD.

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

I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy, That thou hast looked upon my trouble, And hast had regard to my distress;

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

That thou hast not given me up to the hands of my enemies, But hast set my feet in a wide place.

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

Have mercy upon me, O LORD! for I am in trouble! My face is consumed with grief; Yea, my spirit and my body.

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 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.

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 become the scorn of my neighbors, And the terror of my acquaintance; They who see me abroad flee from me.

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

I am forgotten like a dead man out of mind; I am like a broken 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.

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.

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

But I trust in thee, O Jehovah! I say, “Thou art my God!”

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

My destiny is in thy hand; Deliver me from the power of my enemies and persecutors!

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

Let thy face shine upon thy servant, And save me through thy mercy!

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)

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)

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

Let lying lips be put to silence, Which speak proud things against the righteous, With haughtiness 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!

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!

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.

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.

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

Praised be the LORD; for he hath shown me his wonderful kindness, As in a fortified city!

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.

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.

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

O love the LORD, all ye his servants; For the LORD preserveth the faithful, And requiteth the proud in full measure!

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

Be of good courage; let your hearts be strong, All ye who trust in the LORD!