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.

To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David. In Thee, O Jehovah, I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed to the age, In Thy righteousness deliver me.

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

Incline unto me Thine ear hastily, deliver me, Be to me for a strong rock, For a house of bulwarks to save me.

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

For my rock and my bulwark [art] Thou, For Thy name's sake lead me and tend me.

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

Bring me out from the net that they hid for me, For Thou [art] my strength.

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

Into Thy hand I commit my spirit, Thou hast redeemed me, Jehovah God of truth.

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

I have hated the observers of lying vanities, And I toward Jehovah have been confident.

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

I rejoice, and am glad in Thy kindness, In that Thou hast seen mine affliction, Thou hast known in adversities 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.

And Thou hast not shut me up, Into the hand of an enemy, Thou hast caused my feet to stand in a broad 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.

Favour me, O Jehovah, for distress [is] to me, Mine eye, my soul, and my body Have become old by provocation.

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 hath been consumed in sorrow And my years in sighing. Feeble because of mine iniquity hath been my strength, And my bones have become old.

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.

Among all mine adversaries I have been a reproach, And to my neighbours exceedingly, And a fear to mine acquaintances, Those seeing me without — fled from me.

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

I have been forgotten as dead out of mind, I have been as a perishing vessel.

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 an evil account of many, Fear [is] round about. In their being united against me, To take my life they have devised,

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

And I on Thee — I have trusted, O Jehovah, I have said, 'Thou [art] my God.'

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

In Thy hand [are] my times, Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from my pursuers.

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

Cause Thy face to shine on Thy servant, Save me in Thy kindness.

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)

O Jehovah, let me not be ashamed, For I have called Thee, let the wicked be ashamed, Let them become silent to Sheol. (Sheol h7585)

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

Let lips of falsehood become dumb, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride 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 abundant is Thy goodness, That Thou hast laid up for those fearing Thee,

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.

Thou hast wrought for those trusting in Thee, Before sons of men. Thou hidest them in the secret place of Thy presence, From artifices of man, Thou concealest them in a tabernacle, From the strife of tongues.

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

Blessed [is] Jehovah, For He hath made marvellous His kindness To me in a city of bulwarks.

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.

And I — I have said in my haste, 'I have been cut off from before Thine eyes,' But Thou hast heard the voice of my supplications, In my crying unto Thee.

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

Love Jehovah, all ye His saints, Jehovah is keeping the faithful, And recompensing abundantly a proud doer.

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

Be strong, and He strengtheneth your heart, All ye who are waiting for Jehovah!