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31 In thee, O Lord , do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.

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

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

⁴ Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.

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

⁶ I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the Lord .

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

⁸ 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, O Lord , for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.

¹⁰ 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 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 out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.

¹³ 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 trusted in thee, O Lord : I 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.

¹⁶ Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.

¹⁷ 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.

¹⁸ Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

¹⁹ 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 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 the Lord : for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.

²² 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 O love the Lord , all ye his saints: for the Lord preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.

²⁴ Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord .

To the director: A song of David.

31 Lord , I come to you for protection.
Don’t let me be disappointed.
You always do what is right, so save me.
² Listen to me.
Come quickly and save me.
Be my Rock, my place of safety.
Be my fortress and protect me!
³ Yes, you are my Rock and my protection.
For the good of your name, lead me and guide me.
⁴ Save me from the traps my enemy has set.
You are my place of safety.
⁵ Lord , you are the God we can trust.
I put my life ^{[ a ]} in your hands.
Save me!
⁶ I hate those who worship false gods.
I trust only in the Lord .
⁷ Your kindness makes me so happy.
You have seen my suffering.
You know about the troubles I have.
⁸ You will not let my enemies take me.
You will free me from their traps.
⁹ Lord , I have many troubles, so be kind to me.
I have cried until my eyes hurt.
My throat and stomach are aching.
¹⁰ Because of my sin, my life is ending in grief;
my years are passing away in sighs of pain.
My life is ending in weakness.
My strength is draining away.
¹¹ My enemies despise me,
and even my neighbors have turned away.
When my friends see me in the street,
they turn the other way.
They are afraid to be around me.
¹² People want to forget me like someone already dead,
thrown away like a broken dish.
¹³ I hear them whispering about me.
They have turned against me and plan to kill me.

¹⁴ Lord , I trust in you.
You are my God.
¹⁵ My life is in your hands.
Save me from those who are persecuting me.
¹⁶ Please welcome and accept your servant. ^{[ b ]}
Be kind to me and save me.
¹⁷ Lord , I am praying to you.
Don’t let me be disappointed.
The wicked are the ones who should be disappointed.
Let them go to the grave in silence.
¹⁸ Those evil people brag
and tell lies about those who do right.
They are so proud now,
but their lying lips will be silent.

¹⁹ Lord, you have hidden away many wonderful things for your followers.
You have done so many good things for those who trust in you.
You have blessed them so that all the world can see.
²⁰ Others make plans to hurt them.
They say such bad things about them.
But you hide your people in your shelter and protect them.
²¹ Praise the Lord , because he showed me how wonderful his faithful love is
when the city was surrounded by enemies.
²² I was afraid and said, “I am in a place where he cannot see me.”
But I prayed to you, and you heard my loud cries for help.

²³ Love the Lord , all of you who are his loyal followers.
The Lord protects those who are loyal to him.
But he punishes those who brag about their own power.
He gives them all the punishment they deserve.
²⁴ Be strong and brave,
all of you who are waiting for the Lord ’s help.

Footnotes

Psalm 31:5 life Literally, “spirit.”
Psalm 31:16 Please … servant Literally, “Let your face shine on your servant.”

A psalm of complaint and of praise.

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

31 In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge;
Let me never be put to shame:
Deliver me in thy righteousness.
² Bow down thine ear unto me; deliver me speedily:
Be thou to me a strong rock,
A house of ^{[ a ]} defence to save me.
³ 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 laid privily for me;
For thou art my stronghold.
⁵ Into thy hand I commend my spirit:
Thou hast redeemed me, O Jehovah, thou God of truth.
⁶ I hate them that regard lying vanities;
But I trust in Jehovah.
⁷ I will be glad and rejoice in thy lovingkindness;
For thou hast seen my affliction:
Thou hast known ^{[ b ]} my soul in adversities;
⁸ And thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy;
Thou hast set my feet in a large place.
⁹ Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress:
Mine eye wasteth away with grief, yea , 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.
¹¹ Because of all mine adversaries I am become a reproach,
Yea, unto my neighbors exceedingly,
And a fear to mine acquaintance:
They that did see me without fled from me.
¹² I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind:
I am like a broken 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.
¹⁴ But I trusted in thee, O Jehovah:
I 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.
¹⁶ Make thy face to shine upon thy servant:
Save me in thy lovingkindness.
¹⁷ Let me not be put to shame, O Jehovah; for I have called upon thee:
Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol.
¹⁸ Let the lying lips be dumb,
Which speak against the righteous insolently,
With 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 take refuge in thee,
Before the sons of men!
²⁰ In the covert of thy presence wilt thou hide them from the plottings of man:
Thou wilt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
²¹ Blessed be Jehovah;
For he hath showed me his marvellous lovingkindness in a strong city.
²² As for me, I said in my ^{[ c ]} 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 Jehovah, all ye his saints:
Jehovah preserveth ^{[ d ]} the faithful,
And plentifully rewardeth him that dealeth proudly.
²⁴ Be strong, and let your heart take courage,
All ye that ^{[ e ]} hope in Jehovah.

Footnotes

Psalm 31:2 Hebrew fortresses .
Psalm 31:7 Or, the adversities of my soul
Psalm 31:22 Or, alarm
Psalm 31:23 Or, faithfulness
Psalm 31:24 Or, wait for

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

31 In you, Yahweh, I take refuge.
Let me never be disappointed.
Deliver me in your righteousness.
² Bow down your ear to me.
Deliver me speedily.
Be to me a strong rock,
a house of defense to save me.
³ For you are my rock and my fortress,
therefore for your name’s sake lead me and guide me.
⁴ Pluck me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me,
for you are my stronghold.
⁵ Into your hand I commend my spirit.
You redeem me, Yahweh, God of truth.
⁶ I hate those who regard lying vanities,
but I trust in Yahweh.
⁷ I will be glad and rejoice in your loving kindness,
for you have seen my affliction.
You have known my soul in adversities.
⁸ You have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy.
You have set my feet in a large place.
⁹ Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am in distress.
My eye, my soul, and my body waste away with grief.
¹⁰ For my life is spent with sorrow,
my years with sighing.
My strength fails because of my iniquity.
My bones are wasted away.
¹¹ Because of all my adversaries I have become utterly contemptible to my neighbors,
a horror to my acquaintances.
Those who saw me on the street fled from me.
¹² I am forgotten from their hearts like a dead man.
I am like broken pottery.
¹³ 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 you, Yahweh.
I said, “You are my God.”
¹⁵ My times are in your hand.
Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.
¹⁶ Make your face to shine on your servant.
Save me in your loving kindness.
¹⁷ Let me not be disappointed, Yahweh, for I have called on you.
Let the wicked be disappointed.
Let them be silent in Sheol. ^{[ a ]}
¹⁸ Let the lying lips be mute,
which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.
¹⁹ Oh how great is your goodness,
which you have laid up for those who fear you,
which you have worked for those who take refuge in you,
before the sons of men!
²⁰ 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 Praise be to Yahweh,
for he has shown me his marvelous loving kindness in a strong city.
²² 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 Oh love Yahweh, all you his saints!
Yahweh preserves the faithful,
and fully recompenses him who behaves arrogantly.
²⁴ Be strong, and let your heart take courage,
all you who hope in Yahweh.

Footnotes

31:17 Sheol is the place of the dead.

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

⁴ Bring me out from the net that they hid for me, For Thou [art] my strength.

⁵ Into Thy hand I commit my spirit, Thou hast redeemed me, Jehovah God of truth.

⁶ I have hated the observers of lying vanities, And I toward Jehovah have been confident.

⁷ 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 an enemy, Thou hast caused my feet to stand in a broad place.

⁹ 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 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 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 have been forgotten as dead out of mind, I have been as a perishing vessel.

¹³ 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 And I on Thee -- I have trusted, O Jehovah, I have said, `Thou [art] my God.'

¹⁵ In Thy hand [are] my times, Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from my pursuers.

¹⁶ Cause Thy face to shine on Thy servant, Save me in Thy kindness.

¹⁷ O Jehovah, let me not be ashamed, For I have called Thee, let the wicked be ashamed, Let them become silent to Sheol.

¹⁸ Let lips of falsehood become dumb, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.

¹⁹ How abundant is Thy goodness, That Thou hast laid up for those fearing Thee,

²⁰ 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 [is] Jehovah, For He hath made marvellous His kindness To me in a city of bulwarks.

²² 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 Love Jehovah, all ye His saints, Jehovah is keeping the faithful, And recompensing abundantly a proud doer.

²⁴ Be strong, and He strengtheneth your heart, All ye who are waiting for Jehovah!

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