Psalms 31

1 To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David. In Thee, O Jehovah, I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed to the age, In Thy righteousness deliver me.

In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge. Let me never be put to shame. Deliver me in thy righteousness.

2 Incline unto me Thine ear hastily, deliver me, Be to me for a strong rock, For a house of bulwarks to save me.

Bow down thine ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be thou to me a strong rock, a house of defense to save me.

3 For my rock and my bulwark [art] Thou, For Thy name's sake lead me and tend me.

For thou are my rock and my fortress. Therefore for thy name's sake lead me and guide me.

4 Bring me out from the net that they hid for me, For Thou [art] my strength.

Pluck me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, for thou are my stronghold.

5 Into Thy hand I commit my spirit, Thou hast redeemed me, Jehovah God of truth.

Into thy hand I commend my spirit. Thou have redeemed me, O Jehovah, thou God of truth.

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

I hate those who regard lying vanities, but I trust in Jehovah.

7 I rejoice, and am glad in Thy kindness, In that Thou hast seen mine affliction, Thou hast known in adversities my soul.

I will be glad and rejoice in thy loving kindness, for thou have seen my affliction. Thou have known my soul in adversities,

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

and thou have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy. Thou have set my feet in a large place.

9 Favour me, O Jehovah, for distress [is] to me, Mine eye, my soul, and my body Have become old by provocation.

Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress. My eye wastes away with grief, yea, my soul and my body.

10 For my life hath been consumed in sorrow And my years in sighing. Feeble because of mine iniquity hath been my strength, And my bones have become old.

For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing. My strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones are wasted away.

11 Among all mine adversaries I have been a reproach, And to my neighbours exceedingly, And a fear to mine acquaintances, Those seeing me without — fled from me.

I have become a reproach because of all my adversaries, yea, to my neighbors exceedingly, and a fear to my acquaintances. Those who saw me outside fled from me.

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

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

13 For I have heard an evil account of many, Fear [is] round about. In their being united against me, To take my life they have devised,

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.

14 And I on Thee — I have trusted, O Jehovah, I have said, 'Thou [art] my God.'

But I trusted in thee, O Jehovah. I said, Thou are my God.

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

My times are in thy hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.

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

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant. Save me in thy loving kindness.

17 O Jehovah, let me not be ashamed, For I have called Thee, let the wicked be ashamed, Let them become silent to Sheol. (Sheol h7585)

Let me not be put to shame, O Jehovah, for I have called upon thee. Let the wicked be put to shame. Let them be silent in Sheol. (Sheol h7585)

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

Let the lying lips be dumb, which speak against the righteous man insolently, with pride and contempt.

19 How abundant is Thy goodness, That Thou hast laid up for those fearing Thee,

O how great is thy goodness, which thou have laid up for those who fear thee, which thou have wrought for those who take refuge in thee before the sons of men!

20 Thou hast wrought for those trusting in Thee, Before sons of men. Thou hidest them in the secret place of Thy presence, From artifices of man, Thou concealest them in a tabernacle, From the strife of tongues.

In the covert of thy presence thou will hide them from the plotting of man. Thou will keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

21 Blessed [is] Jehovah, For He hath made marvellous His kindness To me in a city of bulwarks.

Blessed be Jehovah, for he has shown me his marvelous loving kindness in a strong city.

22 And I — I have said in my haste, 'I have been cut off from before Thine eyes,' But Thou hast heard the voice of my supplications, In my crying unto Thee.

As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes. Nevertheless thou heard the voice of my supplications when I cried to thee.

23 Love Jehovah, all ye His saints, Jehovah is keeping the faithful, And recompensing abundantly a proud doer.

O love Jehovah, all ye his sanctified. Jehovah preserves the faithful, and plentifully repays him who deals proudly.

24 Be strong, and He strengtheneth your heart, All ye who are waiting for Jehovah!

Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all ye who hope in Jehovah.