Psalms 31

1 “To the chief musician, a psalm of David.” In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; Oh that I may never be put to shame: through thy righteousness do thou release me.

For the end, a Psalm of David, [an utterance] of extreme fear. O Lord, I have hoped in you; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in your righteousness and rescue me.

2 Bend unto me thy ear; speedily deliver me: be thou unto me as a rock of protection, as a mountain strong-hold to save me.

Incline your ear to me; make haste to rescue me: be you to me for a protecting God, and for a house of refuge to save me.

3 For my rock and my stronghold art thou; and for the sake of thy name lead me, and guide me.

For you are my strength and my refuge; and you shall guide me for your name's sake, and maintain me.

4 Draw me out of the net which they have laid secretly for me; for thou art my protection.

You shall bring me out of the snare which they have hidden for me; for you, O Lord, are my defender.

5 Into thy hand do I commit my spirit: thou redeemest me, O Lord, the God of truth.

Into your hands I will commit my spirit: you have redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.

6 I hate those that depend on lying vanities; but I trust indeed in the Lord.

You has hated them that idly persist in vanities: but I have hoped in the Lord.

7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy kindness; because thou hast seen my misery; thou hast taken cognizance of the distresses of my soul;

I will exult and be glad in your mercy: for you have looked upon mine affliction; you have saved my soul from distresses.

8 And thou hast not surrendered me into the hand of the enemy: thou hast caused my feet to stand on an ample space.

And you have not shut me up into the hands of the enemy: you have set my feet in a wide place.

9 Be gracious unto me, O Lord, for I am in distress; my eye is consumed through vexation—my soul [too] and my body.

Pity me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: my eye is troubled with indignation, my soul and by belly.

10 For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing, my strength faileth because of my iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

For my life is spent with grief, and my years with groanings: my strength has been weakened through poverty, and my bones are troubled.

11 Because of all my assailants am I become a reproach, and unto my neighbors greatly so, and a terror to my acquaintance, those that see me abroad flee away from me.

I became a reproach among all mine enemies, but exceedingly so to my neighbors, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that saw me without fled from me.

12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of the heart: I am become like a perishable vessel.

I have been forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am become as a broken vessel.

13 For I have heard the slandering of many; terror was on every side, while they took counsel together against me: to take away my life did they purpose.

For I heard the slander of many that lived round about: when they were gathered together against me, they took counsel to take my life.

14 But I trusted well in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God.

But I hoped in you, O Lord: I said, You are my God.

15 In thy hand are my destinies: deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from my persecutors.

My lots are in your hands: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies,

16 Let thy face shine upon thy servant: save me through thy kindness.

and from them that persecute me. Make your face to shine upon your servant: save me in your mercy.

17 O Lord, let me not be put to shame; for I have called on thee: let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent, [passing] to the nether world. (Sheol h7585)

O Lord, let me not be ashamed, for I have called upon you: let the ungodly be ashamed, and brought down to Hades. (Sheol h7585)

18 Let the lying lips be made dumb, which speak hard things against the righteous, with pride and contempt.

Let the deceitful lips become dumb, which speak iniquity against the righteous with pride and scorn.

19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast treasured up for those that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for those that trust in thee before the sons of men!

How abundant is the multitude of your goodness, O Lord, which you have laid up for them that fear you! you have wrought [it] out for them that hope on you, in the presence of the sons of men.

20 Thou wilt conceal them in the secret of thy presence from the conspiracy of men: thou wilt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

You will hide them in the secret of your presence from the vexation of man: you will screen them in a tabernacle from the contradiction of tongues.

21 Blessed be the Lord: for he hath shown me his kindness wonderfully in a beleaguered city.

Blessed be the Lord: for he has magnified his mercy in a fortified city.

22 And yet had I said in my despondency, I am cut off from before thy eyes: nevertheless thou didst hear the voice of my supplications when I cried loudly unto thee.

But I said in my extreme fear, I am cast out from the sight of your eyes: therefore you did listen, O Lord, to the voice of my supplication when I cried to you.

23 Oh love the Lord, all ye his pious ones: the Lord preserveth the faithful, and recompenses the presumption of him that acteth proudly.

Love the Lord, all you his saints: for the Lord seeks for truth, and renders [a reward] to them that deal very proudly.

24 Be strong, and let your heart be of good courage, all ye that hope in the Lord.

Be of good courage, and let your heart be strengthened, all you that hope in the Lord.