Psalms, 31

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0. To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

1. [For the choirmaster Psalm Of David] In you, Yahweh, I have taken refuge, let me never be put to shame, in your saving justice deliver me, rescue me,

1. In thee, O LORD, do I seek refuge; let me never be put to shame; in thy righteousness deliver me!

2. turn your ear to me, make haste. Be for me a rock-fastness, a fortified citadel to save me.

2. Incline thy ear to me, rescue me speedily! Be thou a rock of refuge for me, a strong fortress to save me!

3. You are my rock, my rampart; true to your name, lead me and guide me!

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

4. Draw me out of the net they have spread for me, for you are my refuge;

4. take me out of the net which is hidden for me, for thou art my refuge.

5. to your hands I commit my spirit, by you have I been redeemed. God of truth,

5. Into thy hand I commit my spirit; thou hast redeemed me, O LORD, faithful God.

6. you hate those who serve useless idols; but my trust is in Yahweh:

6. Thou hatest those who pay regard to vain idols; but I trust in the LORD.

7. I will delight and rejoice in your faithful love! You, who have seen my misery, and witnessed the miseries of my soul,

7. I will rejoice and be glad for thy steadfast love, because thou hast seen my affliction, thou hast taken heed of my adversities,

8. have not handed me over to the enemy, but have given me freedom to roam at large.

8. and hast not delivered me into the hand of the enemy; thou hast set my feet in a broad place.

9. Take pity on me, Yahweh, for I am in trouble. Vexation is gnawing away my eyes, my soul deep within me.

9. Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eye is wasted from grief, my soul and my body also.

10. For my life is worn out with sorrow, and my years with sighs. My strength gives way under my misery, and my bones are all wasted away.

10. For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my misery, and my bones waste away.

11. The sheer number of my enemies makes me contemptible, loathsome to my neighbours, and my friends shrink from me in horror. When people see me in the street they take to their heels.

11. I am the scorn of all my adversaries, a horror to my neighbors, an object of dread to my acquaintances; those who see me in the street flee from me.

12. I have no more place in their hearts than a corpse, or something lost.

12. I have passed out of mind like one who is dead; I have become like a broken vessel.

13. All I hear is slander -- terror wherever I turn -- as they plot together against me, scheming to take my life.

13. Yea, I hear the whispering of many -- terror on every side! -- as they scheme together against me, as they plot to take my life.

14. But my trust is in you, Yahweh; I say, 'You are my God,'

14. But I trust in thee, O LORD, I say, "Thou art my God."

15. every moment of my life is in your hands, rescue me from the clutches of my foes who pursue me;

15. My times are in thy hand; deliver me from the hand of my enemies and persecutors!

16. let your face shine on your servant, save me in your faithful love.

16. Let thy face shine on thy servant; save me in thy steadfast love!

17. I call on you, Yahweh, so let disgrace fall not on me, but on the wicked. Let them go down to Sheol in silence,

17. Let me not be put to shame, O LORD, for I call on thee; let the wicked be put to shame, let them go dumbfounded to Sheol.

18. muzzles on their lying mouths, which speak arrogantly against the upright in pride and contempt.

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

19. Yahweh, what quantities of good things you have in store for those who fear you, and bestow on those who make you their refuge, for all humanity to see.

19. O how abundant is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for those who fear thee, and wrought for those who take refuge in thee, in the sight of the sons of men!

20. Safe in your presence you hide them, far from human plotting, shielding them in your tent, far from contentious tongues.

20. In the covert of thy presence thou hidest them from the plots of men; thou holdest them safe under thy shelter from the strife of tongues.

21. Blessed be Yahweh who works for me miracles of his faithful love (in a fortified city)!

21. Blessed be the LORD, for he has wondrously shown his steadfast love to me when I was beset as in a besieged city.

22. In a state of terror I cried, 'I have been cut off from your sight!' Yet you heard my plea for help when I cried out to you.

22. I had said in my alarm, "I am driven far from thy sight." But thou didst hear my supplications, when I cried to thee for help.

23. Love Yahweh, all his faithful: Yahweh protects his loyal servants, but he repays the arrogant with interest.

23. Love the LORD, all you his saints! The LORD preserves the faithful, but abundantly requites him who acts haughtily.

24. Be brave, take heart, all who put your hope in Yahweh.

24. Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the LORD!