Psalms 31

NEW JERUSALEM	BIBBIA RICCIOTTI
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 - Di David . Ode. Beati coloro cui son rimessi i falli, e ricoperti i peccati.
2 turn your ear to me, make haste. Be for me a rock-fastness, a fortified citadel to save me.	2 Beato l'uomo cui il Signore non imputa colpa, e non v'è frode nell'animo suo.
3 You are my rock, my rampart; true to your name, lead me and guide me!	3 Finchè io tacqui [il mio peccato], si logoraron le mie ossa, mentre urlavo, tutto il giorno.
4 Draw me out of the net they have spread for me, for you are my refuge;	4 Perché giorno e notte s'aggravò su me la tua mano! Precipitai nella mia infelicità, col configgersi della spina.
5 to your hands I commit my spirit, by you have I been redeemed. God of truth,	5 Il mio peccato ti feci notoe la mia iniquità non nascosi. Dissi: «Confesserò contro di me la mia colpa al Signore!», e tu perdonasti l'empietà del mio peccato.
6 you hate those who serve useless idols; but my trust is in Yahweh:	6 Perciò supplicherà a te ogni pio nel tempo opportuno: nello straripar delle molte acque, queste non lo raggiungeranno.
7 I will delight and rejoice in your faithful love! You, who have seen my misery, and witnessed themiseries of my soul,	7 Tu sei il mio rifugio dalla tribolazione che mi circonda: tu, mio gaudio, liberami da color che m'attorniano.
8 have not handed me over to the enemy, but have given me freedom to roam at large.	8 «Ti farò intendere e ti mostrerò la via da battere, [ti darò consiglio e] terrò fissi su te gli occhi miei».
9 Take pity on me, Yahweh, for I am in trouble. Vexation is gnawing away my eyes, my soul deep within me.	9 Non siate come il cavallo e il mulo che non hanno intelletto! Con morso e con briglia stringi [o Signore] le mascelle di coloro che a te non s'accostano.
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 Molti sono i flagelli dell'empio, ma chi spera nel Signore, lo circonda il favore [divino].
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 Rallegratevi nel Signore ed esultate, o giusti, e giubilate voi tutti, retti di cuore!
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.