Psalmorum 31
1 In finem. Psalmus David, pro extasi. In te, Domine, speravi; non confundar in æternum: in justitia tua libera me.
In thee, O Yhwh, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
2 Inclina ad me aurem tuam; accelera ut eruas me. Esto mihi in Deum protectorem, et in domum refugii, ut salvum me facias:
Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
3 quoniam fortitudo mea et refugium meum es tu; et propter nomen tuum deduces me et enutries me.
For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me.
4 Educes me de laqueo hoc quem absconderunt mihi, quoniam tu es protector meus.
Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.
5 In manus tuas commendo spiritum meum; redemisti me, Domine Deus veritatis.
Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Yhwh God of truth.
6 Odisti observantes vanitates supervacue; ego autem in Domino speravi.
I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in Yhwh.
7 Exsultabo, et lætabor in misericordia tua, quoniam respexisti humilitatem meam; salvasti de necessitatibus animam meam.
I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
8 Nec conclusisti me in manibus inimici: statuisti in loco spatioso pedes meos.
And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large place.
9 Miserere mei, Domine, quoniam tribulor; conturbatus est in ira oculus meus, anima mea, et venter meus.
Have mercy upon me, O Yhwh, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
10 Quoniam defecit in dolore vita mea, et anni mei in gemitibus. Infirmata est in paupertate virtus mea, et ossa mea conturbata sunt.
For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
11 Super omnes inimicos meos factus sum opprobrium, et vicinis meis valde, et timor notis meis; qui videbant me foras fugerunt a me.
I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
12 Oblivioni datus sum, tamquam mortuus a corde; factus sum tamquam vas perditum:
I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
13 quoniam audivi vituperationem multorum commorantium in circuitu. In eo dum convenirent simul adversum me, accipere animam meam consiliati sunt.
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 Ego autem in te speravi, Domine; dixi: Deus meus es tu;
But I trusted in thee, O Yhwh: I said, Thou art my God.
15 in manibus tuis sortes meæ: eripe me de manu inimicorum meorum, et a persequentibus me.
My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
16 Illustra faciem tuam super servum tuum; salvum me fac in misericordia tua.
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’ sake.
17 Domine, non confundar, quoniam invocavi te. Erubescant impii, et deducantur in infernum; (Sheol h7585)
Let me not be ashamed, O Yhwh; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave. (Sheol h7585)
18 muta fiant labia dolosa, quæ loquuntur adversus justum iniquitatem, in superbia, et in abusione.
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
19 Quam magna multitudo dulcedinis tuæ, Domine, quam abscondisti timentibus te; perfecisti eis qui sperant in te in conspectu filiorum hominum!
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 Abscondes eos in abscondito faciei tuæ a conturbatione hominum; proteges eos in tabernaculo tuo, a contradictione linguarum.
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 Benedictus Dominus, quoniam mirificavit misericordiam suam mihi in civitate munita.
Blessed be Yhwh: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.
22 Ego autem dixi in excessu mentis meæ: Projectus sum a facie oculorum tuorum: ideo exaudisti vocem orationis meæ, dum clamarem ad te.
For 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 Diligite Dominum, omnes sancti ejus, quoniam veritatem requiret Dominus, et retribuet abundanter facientibus superbiam.
O love Yhwh, all ye his saints: for Yhwh preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
24 Viriliter agite, et confortetur cor vestrum, omnes qui speratis in Domino.
Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in Yhwh.
