Psalms 31

NEW JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
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 The understanding of David himself. Blessed are they whose iniquities have been forgiven and whose sins have been covered.
2 turn your ear to me, make haste. Be for me a rock-fastness, a fortified citadel to save me.	2 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord has not imputed sin, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
3 You are my rock, my rampart; true to your name, lead me and guide me!	3 Because I was silent, my bones grew old, while still I cried out all day long.
4 Draw me out of the net they have spread for me, for you are my refuge;	4 For, day and night, your hand was heavy upon me. I have been converted in my anguish, while still the thorn is piercing.
5 to your hands I commit my spirit, by you have I been redeemed. God of truth,	5 I have acknowledged my offense to you, and I have not concealed my injustice. I said, “I will confess against myself, my injustice to the Lord,” and you forgave the impiety of my sin.
6 you hate those who serve useless idols; but my trust is in Yahweh:	6 For this, everyone who is holy will pray to you in due time. Yet truly, in a flood of many waters, they will not draw near to him.
7 I will delight and rejoice in your faithful love! You, who have seen my misery, and witnessed themiseries of my soul,	7 You are my refuge from the tribulation that has surrounded me. You are my exultation: rescue me from those who are surrounding me.
8 have not handed me over to the enemy, but have given me freedom to roam at large.	8 I will give you understanding, and I will instruct you in this way, in which you will walk. I will fix my eyes upon you.
9 Take pity on me, Yahweh, for I am in trouble. Vexation is gnawing away my eyes, my soul deep within me.	9 Do not become like the horse and the mule, which have no understanding. Their jaws are constrained with bit and bridle, so as not to draw near to you.
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 Many are the scourges of the sinner, but mercy will surround him that hopes in the Lord.
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 Rejoice in the Lord and exult, you just ones, and glory, all you upright of heart.
12 I have no more place in their hearts than a corpse, or something lost.
13 Al I hear is slander -- terror wherever I turn -- as they plot together against me, scheming to take mylife.
14 But my trust is in you, Yahweh; I say, 'You are my God,'
15 every moment of my life is in your hands, rescue me from the clutches of my foes who pursue me;
16 let your face shine on your servant, save me in your faithful love.
17 I cal on you, Yahweh, so let disgrace fal not on me, but on the wicked. Let them go down to Sheol insilence,
18 muzzles on their lying mouths, which speak arrogantly against the upright in pride and contempt.
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.
20 Safe in your presence you hide them, far from human plotting, shielding them in your tent, far fromcontentious tongues.
21 Blessed be Yahweh who works for me miracles of his faithful love (in a fortified 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 Icried out to you.
23 Love Yahweh, al his faithful: Yahweh protects his loyal servants, but he repays the arrogant withinterest.
24 Be brave, take heart, al who put your hope in Yahweh.