Psalmorum 31
1 In finem. Psalmus David, pro extasi. In te, Domine, speravi; non confundar in æternum: in justitia tua libera me.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. In you, LORD, I take refuge. Let me never be disappointed. Deliver me in your 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 your ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be to me a strong rock, a 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 you are my rock and my fortress, therefore for your name’s sake lead me and guide me.
4 Educes me de laqueo hoc quem absconderunt mihi, quoniam tu es protector meus.
Pluck me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, for you are my stronghold.
5 In manus tuas commendo spiritum meum; redemisti me, Domine Deus veritatis.
Into your hand I commend my spirit. You redeem me, LORD, God of truth.
6 Odisti observantes vanitates supervacue; ego autem in Domino speravi.
I hate those who regard lying vanities, but I trust in the LORD.
7 Exsultabo, et lætabor in misericordia tua, quoniam respexisti humilitatem meam; salvasti de necessitatibus animam meam.
I will be glad and rejoice in your loving kindness, for you have seen my affliction. You have known my soul in adversities.
8 Nec conclusisti me in manibus inimici: statuisti in loco spatioso pedes meos.
You have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy. You have 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 on me, LORD, for I am in distress. My eye, my soul, and my body waste away with grief.
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 sorrow, my years with sighing. My strength fails because of my iniquity. My bones are wasted away.
11 Super omnes inimicos meos factus sum opprobrium, et vicinis meis valde, et timor notis meis; qui videbant me foras fugerunt a me.
Because of all my adversaries I have become utterly contemptible to my neighbours, a horror to my acquaintances. Those who saw me on the street fled from me.
12 Oblivioni datus sum, tamquam mortuus a corde; factus sum tamquam vas perditum:
I am forgotten from their hearts like a dead man. I am like broken pottery.
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, terror on every side, while they conspire together against me, they plot to take away my life.
14 Ego autem in te speravi, Domine; dixi: Deus meus es tu;
But I trust in you, LORD. I said, “You are my God.”
15 in manibus tuis sortes meæ: eripe me de manu inimicorum meorum, et a persequentibus me.
My times are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.
16 Illustra faciem tuam super servum tuum; salvum me fac in misericordia tua.
Make your face to shine on your servant. Save me in your loving kindness.
17 Domine, non confundar, quoniam invocavi te. Erubescant impii, et deducantur in infernum; (Sheol h7585)
Let me not be disappointed, LORD, for I have called on you. Let the wicked be disappointed. Let them be silent in Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
18 muta fiant labia dolosa, quæ loquuntur adversus justum iniquitatem, in superbia, et in abusione.
Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.
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 your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the sons of men!
20 Abscondes eos in abscondito faciei tuæ a conturbatione hominum; proteges eos in tabernaculo tuo, a contradictione linguarum.
In the shelter of your presence you will hide them from the plotting of man. You will keep them secretly in a dwelling away from the strife of tongues.
21 Benedictus Dominus, quoniam mirificavit misericordiam suam mihi in civitate munita.
Praise be to the LORD, for he has shown me his marvellous loving 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.
As for me, I said in my haste, “I am cut off from before your eyes.” Nevertheless you heard the voice of my petitions when I cried to you.
23 Diligite Dominum, omnes sancti ejus, quoniam veritatem requiret Dominus, et retribuet abundanter facientibus superbiam.
Oh love the LORD, all you his holy ones! The LORD preserves the faithful, and fully recompenses him who behaves arrogantly.
24 Viriliter agite, et confortetur cor vestrum, omnes qui speratis in Domino.
Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who hope in the LORD.
