Psalms, 31

1. <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.

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

2. In you, O Lord, I take refuge, may I never be disgraced; deliver me in your justice.

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

3. Give heed to my plea, and make haste to rescue me. Be a rock of refuge for me, a strong fortress for my safety.

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

4. For you are my rock and my stronghold, lead me for your name's sake;

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

5. free me from the snare that they have set for me. Indeed you are my protector.

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

6. Into your hands I commend my spirit; you have redeemed me, O Lord, faithful God.

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

7. You hate those who worship worthless idols; but I put all my trust in the Lord.

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

8. I will rejoice and be glad in your love, for you have seen my affliction, you know the agony of my soul.

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

9. The hand of the enemy did not grab me; you gave me room to move.

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.

10. Be merciful to me, O Lord, in my affliction; my eyes have grown dim with sorrow, my body emaciated.

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.

11. For my days are wracked with grief, and my years worn out in anguish. My strength fails because of my misery.

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

12. I have become an object of reproach for my foes and for my neighbors; so horrible to my friends that they hurry away when they see me in the streets.

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.

13. I am like the dead, unremembered; I have become like a broken pot, thrown away, discarded.

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

14. I hear whispering among the crowd, rumors that frighten me from every side - their conspiracies, their schemes, their plot to take my life.

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

15. But I put my trust in you, O Lord. You are my God;

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

16. my days are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, from those after my skin.

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.

17. Make your face shine upon your servant; save me in your love.

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

18. Let me not be dishonored, O Lord, for I have called on you; but let the wicked lie dishonored and go to the pit never to speak.

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!

19. Let lying lips close in silence, these speaking against the just with malice and arrogance.

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.

20. How great is the goodness which you have stored for those who fear you, which you show, for all to see, to those who take refuge in you!

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

21. In the shelter of your presence you hide them from human wiles; you keep them in your dwelling, safe from the intrigues of wagging tongues.

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.

22. Blessed be the Lord for his wonderful love! He has strenghtened my heart.

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

23. I said in my fright: "I have been cut off from your sight!" Yet when I was crying, you heard; when I called for mercy, you listened.

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

24. Love the Lord, all you his saints! The Lord preserves his faithful, but he fully requites the arrogant.

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25. Be strong and take courage, all you who hope in the Lord.