Psalms 31

1 “For the leader of the music. A psalm of David.” In thee, O LORD! do I trust; let me never be put to shame; According to thy goodness deliver me!

[For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.] In you, YHWH, I take refuge. Let me never be disappointed. Deliver me in your righteousness.

2 Bow down thine ear to me; help me speedily! Be to me a strong rock, a high fortress, for my deliverance!

Bow down your ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be to me a strong rock, a house of defense to save me.

3 For thou art my rock and my high fortress; Be thou also my guide, and lead me, for thy name's sake!

For you are my rock and my fortress, therefore for your name's sake lead me and guide me.

4 Draw me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me, For thou art my strength!

Pluck me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, for you are my stronghold.

5 Into thy hand I commit my life; Thou wilt deliver me, O LORD, thou God of truth!

Into your hands I commit my spirit. You redeem me, YHWH, God of truth.

6 I hate those who regard lying vanities, And put my trust in the LORD.

I hate those who regard lying vanities, but I trust in YHWH.

7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy, That thou hast looked upon my trouble, And hast had regard to my distress;

I will be glad and rejoice in your loving kindness, for you have seen my affliction. You have known my soul in adversities.

8 That thou hast not given me up to the hands of my enemies, But hast set my feet in a wide place.

You have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy. You have set my feet in a large place.

9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD! for I am in trouble! My face is consumed with grief; Yea, my spirit and my body.

Have mercy on me, YHWH, for I am in distress. My eye, my soul, and my body waste away with grief.

10 For my life is wasted with sorrow, And my years with sighing; My strength faileth by reason of my affliction, And my bones are consumed on account of all my enemies.

For my life is spent with sorrow, my years with sighing. My strength fails because of my affliction, and my bones waste away.

11 I have become the scorn of my neighbors, And the terror of my acquaintance; They who see me abroad flee from me.

Because of all my adversaries I have become utterly contemptible to my neighbors, A fear to my acquaintances. Those who saw me on the street fled from me.

12 I am forgotten like a dead man out of mind; I am like a broken vessel.

I am forgotten from their hearts like a dead man. I am like broken pottery.

13 I hear the slander of many; fear is on every side; For they take counsel together against me; They devise to take away my life.

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 But I trust in thee, O Jehovah! I say, “Thou art my God!”

But I trust in you, YHWH. I said, "You are my God."

15 My destiny is in thy hand; Deliver me from the power of my enemies and persecutors!

My times are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.

16 Let thy face shine upon thy servant, And save me through thy mercy!

Make your face to shine on your servant. Save me in your loving kindness.

17 Let me not be put to shame, O LORD! for I have called upon thee; Let the wicked be put to shame; Let them be silenced in the grave! (Sheol h7585)

Let me not be disappointed, YHWH, for I have called on you. Let the wicked be disappointed. Let them be silent in Sheol. (Sheol h7585)

18 Let lying lips be put to silence, Which speak proud things against the righteous, With haughtiness and contempt!

Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.

19 O how great is thy goodness, which thou treasurest up for them that fear thee; Which thou showest to them that trust in thee, before the sons of men!

Oh how great is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the descendants of Adam.

20 Thou hidest them in the secret place of thy presence from the machinations of men; Thou shelterest them in thy pavilion from the violence of tongues.

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 Praised be the LORD; for he hath shown me his wonderful kindness, As in a fortified city!

Praise be to YHWH, for he has shown me his marvelous loving kindness in a besieged city.

22 I said in my distress, “I am cut off from before thine eyes;” But thou didst hear the voice of my supplication, When I cried unto thee.

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 O love the LORD, all ye his servants; For the LORD preserveth the faithful, And requiteth the proud in full measure!

Oh love YHWH, all you his faithful ones. YHWH preserves the faithful, and fully recompenses him who behaves arrogantly.

24 Be of good courage; let your hearts be strong, All ye who trust in the LORD!

Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who hope in YHWH.