31:1 For the director of music. A psalm of David. In you, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; deliver me in your righteousness.
31:2 Turn your ear to me, come quickly to my rescue; be my rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save me.
31:3 Since you are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of your name lead and guide me.
31:4 Free me from the trap that is set for me, for you are my refuge.
31:5 Into your hands I commit my spirit; redeem me, O LORD, the God of truth.
31:6 I hate those who cling to worthless idols; I trust in the LORD.
31:7 I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for you saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul.
31:8 You have not handed me over to the enemy but have set my feet in a spacious place.
31:9 Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and my body with grief.
31:10 My life is consumed by anguish and my years by groaning; my strength fails because of my affliction, and my bones grow weak.
31:11 Because of all my enemies, I am the utter contempt of my neighbors; I am a dread to my friends–those who see me on the street flee from me.
31:12 I am forgotten by them as though I were dead; I have become like broken pottery.
31:13 For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side; they conspire against me and plot to take my life.
31:14 But I trust in you, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.”
31:15 My times are in your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.
31:16 Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love.
31:17 Let me not be put to shame, O LORD, for I have cried out to you; but let the wicked be put to shame and lie silent in the grave.
31:18 Let their lying lips be silenced, for with pride and contempt they speak arrogantly against the righteous.
31:19 How great is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you, which you bestow in the sight of men on those who take refuge in you.
31:20 In the shelter of your presence you hide them from the intrigues of men; in your dwelling you keep them safe from accusing tongues.
31:21 Praise be to the LORD, for he showed his wonderful love to me when I was in a besieged city.
31:22 In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from your sight!” Yet you heard my cry for mercy when I called to you for help.
31:23 Love the LORD, all his saints! The LORD preserves the faithful, but the proud he pays back in full.
31:24 Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the LORD.
31:1 In You, O Jehovah, do I take refuge; / Never let me be put to shame. / Rescue me in Your righteousness.
31:2 Incline Your ear to me; / Deliver me speedily. / Be to me a rock of protection, / A fortress, to save me.
31:3 For You are my crag and my fortress; / Therefore for Your name s sake / Lead me and guide me.
31:4 Bring me out of the net / That they have secretly laid for me, / For You are my protection.
31:5 Into Your hand I commit my spirit; / Redeem me, O Jehovah, God of truth.
31:6 I hate those who regard vanities of falsehood, / But I trust in Jehovah.
31:7 I will exult and rejoice in Your lovingkindness, / Since You have seen my affliction; / You know the distress of my soul.
31:8 And You have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy; / You have made my feet stand in a place broad and free.
31:9 Be gracious to me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress. / My eye is wasted away with grief, / Indeed my soul and body.
31:10 For my life has been consumed in sorrow, / And my years, in sighing. / My strength fails because of my iniquity, / And my bones have wasted away.
31:11 Because of all my adversaries, / I have become a reproach, / And especially so to my neighbors, / And something dreaded to my acquaintances; / Those who see me on the street flee from me.
31:12 I am forgotten, like a dead man out of mind; / I am like a destroyed vessel.
31:13 For I hear the slander of many; / Terror is on every side. / When they take counsel together against me, / They scheme to take my life.
31:14 But I trust in You, O Jehovah; / I say, You are my God.
31:15 My times are in Your hand; / Deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those who pursue me.
31:16 Cause Your face to shine upon Your servant; / Save me in Your lovingkindness.
31:17 O Jehovah, do not let me be put to shame when I call out to You; / Let the wicked be put to shame; let them be silent in Sheol.
31:18 Let the lips of falsehood be made dumb, / Which speak arrogantly against the righteous / With pride and contempt.
31:19 How great is Your goodness, / Which You have stored up for those who fear You, / Which You have accomplished in the sight of the sons of men / For those who take refuge in You!
31:20 You hide them in the hiding place of Your presence / Apart from the conspiracies of men; / You lay them away secretly in a shelter / Apart from the contention of tongues.
31:21 Blessed be Jehovah, / For He displayed His lovingkindness wondrously / To me in a fortified city.
31:22 I, on my part, had said in my alarm, / I am cut off before Your eyes; / But instead You heard / The voice of my supplications / When I cried out to You.
31:23 Love Jehovah, all you who are His faithful ones; / Jehovah guards the trustworthy, / And recompenses abundantly / Him who acts haughtily.
31:24 Be strong, and let your heart be encouraged, / All you who hope in Jehovah.