Psalms 31

1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.

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 Bow down thy ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for a house of defense to save me.

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

3 For thou [art] my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.

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

4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou [art] my strength.

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

5 Into thy hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.

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

6 I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.

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

7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;

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

8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my foot in a large room.

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

9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: my eye is consumed with grief, [yes], my soul and my belly.

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 spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of my iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

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 I was a reproach among all my enemies, but especially among my neighbors, and a fear to my acquaintance: they that saw me without fled from me.

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 forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.

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

13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear [was] on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away 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 I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou [art] my God.

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

15 My times [are] in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from them that persecute me.

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

16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.

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

17 Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave. (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 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

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

19 [Oh] how great [is] thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; [which] thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!

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 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife 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 Blessed [be] the LORD: for he hath showed me his wonderful kindness in a strong city.

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

22 For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thy eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried to thee.

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 O love the LORD, all ye his saints: [for] the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.

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

24 Be of good courage, and he will strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.

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