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, O LORD, do I put my 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.

Bow down thy ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an 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; 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.

Pull me out of the net that they have laid secretly 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, O LORD God of truth.

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

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

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 mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast 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 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.

Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: my eye is consumed 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 grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of my iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

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 was a reproach among all my enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to my acquaintance: they that saw me without 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 LORD: 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 my enemies, and from them that 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 for thy mercies’ sake.

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 ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave. (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 put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

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

O 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 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.

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

Blessed be the LORD: for he hath showed me his marvellous 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.

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.

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

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

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

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