Psalms 31

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

To 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.

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

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

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

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

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

Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou [art] my strength.

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

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

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

I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.

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

I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;

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

And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.

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

Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, [yea], my soul and my belly.

10 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.

For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

11 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.

I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.

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

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

13 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.

For I have heard the slander of many: fear [was] on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

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

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

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

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

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

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’ sake.

17 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)

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

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

Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

19 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!

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

20 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.

Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

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

Blessed [be] the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.

22 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.

For 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.

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

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

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

Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.