Psalms 31

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1 [For the choirmaster Psalm Of David] In you, Yahweh, I have taken refuge, let me never be put toshame, in your saving justice deliver me, rescue me,	1 For the leader. A psalm of David.
2 turn your ear to me, make haste. Be for me a rock-fastness, a fortified citadel to save me.	2 In you, LORD, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame. In your justice deliver me;
3 You are my rock, my rampart; true to your name, lead me and guide me!	3 incline your ear to me; make haste to rescue me! Be my rock of refuge, a stronghold to save me.
4 Draw me out of the net they have spread for me, for you are my refuge;	4 You are my rock and my fortress; for your name's sake lead and guide me.
5 to your hands I commit my spirit, by you have I been redeemed. God of truth,	5 Free me from the net they have set for me, for you are my refuge.
6 you hate those who serve useless idols; but my trust is in Yahweh:	6 Into your hands I commend my spirit; you will redeem me, LORD, faithful God.
7 I will delight and rejoice in your faithful love! You, who have seen my misery, and witnessed themiseries of my soul,	7 You hate those who serve worthless idols, but I trust in the LORD.
8 have not handed me over to the enemy, but have given me freedom to roam at large.	8 I will rejoice and be glad in your love, once you have seen my misery, observed my distress.
9 Take pity on me, Yahweh, for I am in trouble. Vexation is gnawing away my eyes, my soul deep within me.	9 You will not abandon me into enemy hands, but will set my feet in a free and open space.
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 al wasted away.	10 Be gracious to me, LORD, for I am in distress; with grief my eyes are wasted, my soul and body spent.
11 The sheer number of my enemies makes me contemptible, loathsome to my neighbours, and myfriends shrink from me in horror. When people see me in the street they take to their heels.	11 My life is worn out by sorrow, my years by sighing. My strength fails in affliction; my bones are consumed.
12 I have no more place in their hearts than a corpse, or something lost.	12 To all my foes I am a thing of scorn, to my neighbors, a dreaded sight, a horror to my friends. When they see me in the street, they quickly shy away.
13 Al I hear is slander -- terror wherever I turn -- as they plot together against me, scheming to take mylife.	13 I am forgotten, out of mind like the dead; I am like a shattered dish.
14 But my trust is in you, Yahweh; I say, 'You are my God,'	14 I hear the whispers of the crowd; terrors are all around me. They conspire against me; they plot to take my life.
15 every moment of my life is in your hands, rescue me from the clutches of my foes who pursue me;	15 But I trust in you, LORD; I say, "You are my God."
16 let your face shine on your servant, save me in your faithful love.	16 My times are in your hands; rescue me from my enemies, from the hands of my pursuers.
17 I cal on you, Yahweh, so let disgrace fal not on me, but on the wicked. Let them go down to Sheol insilence,	17 Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your kindness.
18 muzzles on their lying mouths, which speak arrogantly against the upright in pride and contempt.	18 Do not let me be put to shame, for I have called to you, LORD. Put the wicked to shame; reduce them to silence in Sheol.
19 Yahweh, what quantities of good things you have in store for those who fear you, and bestow onthose who make you their refuge, for al humanity to see.	19 Strike dumb their lying lips, proud lips that attack the just in contempt and scorn.
20 Safe in your presence you hide them, far from human plotting, shielding them in your tent, far fromcontentious tongues.	20 How great is your goodness, Lord, stored up for those who fear you. You display it for those who trust you, in the sight of all the people.
21 Blessed be Yahweh who works for me miracles of his faithful love (in a fortified city)!	21 You hide them in the shelter of your presence, safe from scheming enemies. You keep them in your abode, safe from plotting tongues.
22 In a state of terror I cried, 'I have been cut off from your sight!' Yet you heard my plea for help when Icried out to you.	22 Blessed be the LORD, who has shown me wondrous love, and been for me a city most secure.
23 Love Yahweh, al his faithful: Yahweh protects his loyal servants, but he repays the arrogant withinterest.	23 Once I said in my anguish, "I am shut out from your sight." Yet you heard my plea, when I cried out to you.
24 Be brave, take heart, al who put your hope in Yahweh.	24 Love the LORD, all you faithful. The LORD protects the loyal, but repays the arrogant in full.
	25 Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the LORD.