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.

To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. In thee, Jehovah, do I trust; let me never be ashamed: 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.

Incline thine ear to me, deliver me speedily; be a strong rock to me, a house of defence to save me.

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

For thou art my rock and my fortress; and, for thy name's sake, thou wilt lead me and guide me.

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

Draw me out of the net that they have hidden for me; for thou art my strength.

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

Into thy hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, Jehovah, [thou] God of truth.

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

I have hated them that observe lying vanities; and as for me, I have confided 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 hast seen mine affliction; thou hast known the troubles of my soul,

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 hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast 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.

Be gracious unto me, Jehovah, for I am in trouble: mine eye wasteth away with vexation, my soul and my belly.

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 faileth through mine iniquity, and my bones are wasted.

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.

More than to all mine oppressors, I am become exceedingly a reproach, even to my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that see me without flee from me.

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

I am forgotten in [their] heart as a dead man; I am become 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 — terror on every side — when they take counsel together against me: they plot to take away my life.

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

But I confided in thee, Jehovah; I said, thou art 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 mine enemies, and from my persecutors.

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)

Jehovah, let me not be ashamed; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, 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 become dumb, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.

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

[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!

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.

Thou keepest them concealed in the secret of thy presence from the conspiracies of man; thou hidest them 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 hath shewn me wondrously his 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 heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.

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

Love Jehovah, all ye his saints. Jehovah preserveth the faithful, and plentifully requiteth the proud doer.

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 that hope in Jehovah.