Psalms 31

1 For 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.

For the chief musician. A psalm of David. In you, Yahweh, I take refuge; never let me be humiliated. Rescue me in your righteousness.

2 Bow down thine ear unto me; deliver me speedily: be thou to me a strong rock, an house of defence to save me.

Listen to me; rescue me quickly; be my rock of refuge, a stronghold to save me.

3 For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me and guide me.

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

4 Pluck me out of the net that they have laid privily for me; for thou art my strong hold.

Pluck me out of the net that they have hidden for me, for you are my refuge.

5 Into thine hand I commend my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD, thou God of truth.

Into your hands I entrust my spirit; you will redeem me, Yahweh, God of trustworthiness.

6 I hate them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.

I hate those who serve worthless idols, but I trust in Yahweh.

7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast seen my affliction; thou hast known my soul in adversities:

I will be glad and rejoice in your covenant faithfulness, for you saw my affliction; you knew the distress of my soul.

8 And thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; thou hast set my feet in a large place.

You have not given me into the hand of my enemy. You have set my feet in a wide open place.

9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in distress: mine eye wasteth away with grief, [yea], my soul and my body.

Have mercy upon me, Yahweh, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weary with grief with my soul and my body.

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

For my life is weary with sorrow and my years with groaning. My strength fails because of my sin, and my bones are wasting away.

11 Because of all mine adversaries I am become a reproach, yea, unto my neighbours exceedingly, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.

Because of all my enemies, people disdain me; my neighbors are appalled at my situation, and those who know me are horrified. Those who see me in the street run from me.

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

I am forgotten as a dead man whom no one thinks about. I am like a broken pot.

13 For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

For I have heard the whispering of many, terrifying news from every side as they plot together against me. They plot to take away my life.

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

But I trust in you, Yahweh; I say, “You are my God.”

15 My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

My times are in your hand. Rescue me from the hands of my enemies and from those who pursue me.

16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me in thy lovingkindness.

Make your face shine on your servant; save me in your covenant faithfulness.

17 Let me not he ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, let them be silent in Sheol. (Sheol h7585)

Do not let me be humiliated, Yahweh; for I call out to you! May the wicked be humiliated! May they be silent in Sheol. (Sheol h7585)

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

May lying lips be silenced that speak against the righteous defiantly with arrogance and contempt.

19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, which thou hast wrought for them that put their trust in thee, before the sons of men!

How great is your goodness that you have stored up for those who revere you, that you perform for those who take refuge in you before all the children of mankind!

20 In the covert of thy presence shalt thou hide them from the plottings of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

In the shelter of your presence, you hide them from the plots of men. You hide them in a shelter from the violence of tongues.

21 Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvelous lovingkindness in a strong city.

Blessed be Yahweh, for he showed me his marvelous covenant faithfulness when I was in a besieged city.

22 As for me, 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.

Though I said in my haste, “I am cut off from your eyes,” yet you heard my plea for help when I cried to you.

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

Oh, love Yahweh, all you faithful followers. Yahweh protects the faithful, but he pays back the arrogant in full.

24 Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all ye that hope in the LORD.

Be strong and confident, all you who trust in Yahweh for help.