Psalm 31
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1For the choir director. A Davidic psalm. LORD, I seek refuge in You; let me never be disgraced. Save me by Your righteousness. 1To 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.
2Listen closely to me; rescue me quickly. Be a rock of refuge for me, a mountain fortress to save me. 2Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
3For You are my rock and my fortress; You lead and guide me because of Your name. 3For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.
4You will free me from the net that is secretly set for me, for You are my refuge. 4Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.
5Into Your hand I entrust my spirit; You redeem me, LORD, God of truth. 5Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
6I hate those who are devoted to worthless idols, but I trust in the LORD. 6I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.
7I will rejoice and be glad in Your faithful love because You have seen my affliction. You have known the troubles of my life 7I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
8and have not handed me over to the enemy. You have set my feet in a spacious place. 8And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
9Be gracious to me, LORD, because I am in distress; my eyes are worn out from angry sorrow-- my whole being as well. 9Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
10Indeed, my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my strength has failed because of my sinfulness, and my bones waste away. 10For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
11I am ridiculed by all my adversaries and even by my neighbors. I am dreaded by my acquaintances; those who see me in the street run from me. 11I 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.
12I am forgotten: gone from memory like a dead person--like broken pottery. 12I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
13I have heard the gossip of many; terror is on every side. When they conspired against me, they plotted to take my life. 13For 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.
14But I trust in You, LORD; I say, "You are my God." 14But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.
15The course of my life is in Your power; deliver me from the power of my enemies and from my persecutors. 15My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
16Show Your favor to Your servant; save me by Your faithful love. 16Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.
17 LORD, do not let me be disgraced when I call on You. Let the wicked be disgraced; let them be silent in Sheol. 17Let 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.
18Let lying lips be quieted; they speak arrogantly against the righteous with pride and contempt. 18Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
19How great is Your goodness that You have stored up for those who fear You and accomplished in the sight of everyone for those who take refuge in You. 19Oh 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!
20You hide them in the protection of Your presence; You conceal them in a shelter from the schemes of men, from quarrelsome tongues. 20Thou 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.
21May the LORD be praised, for He has wonderfully shown His faithful love to me in a city under siege. 21Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.
22In my alarm I had said," I am cut off from Your sight." But You heard the sound of my pleading when I cried to You for help. 22For 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.
23Love the LORD, all His faithful ones. The LORD protects the loyal, but fully repays the arrogant. 23O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
24Be strong and courageous, all you who put your hope in the LORD. 24Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.
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