Psalms 31

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.	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,
2 Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.	2 turn your ear to me, make haste. Be for me a rock-fastness, a fortified citadel to save me.
3 For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.	3 You are my rock, my rampart; true to your name, lead me and guide me!
4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.	4 Draw me out of the net they have spread for me, for you are my refuge;
5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.	5 to your hands I commit my spirit, by you have I been redeemed. God of truth,
6 I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.	6 you hate those who serve useless idols; but my trust is in Yahweh:
7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;	7 I will delight and rejoice in your faithful love! You, who have seen my misery, and witnessed themiseries of my soul,
8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.	8 have not handed me over to the enemy, but have given me freedom to roam at large.
9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.	9 Take pity on me, Yahweh, for I am in trouble. Vexation is gnawing away my eyes, my soul deep within me.
10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.	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.
11 I 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.	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.
12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.	12 I have no more place in their hearts than a corpse, or something lost.
13 For 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.	13 Al I hear is slander -- terror wherever I turn -- as they plot together against me, scheming to take mylife.
14 But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.	14 But my trust is in you, Yahweh; I say, 'You are my God,'
15 My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.	15 every moment of my life is in your hands, rescue me from the clutches of my foes who pursue me;
16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.	16 let your face shine on your servant, save me in your faithful love.
17 Let 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.	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 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.	18 muzzles on their lying mouths, which speak arrogantly against the upright in pride and contempt.
19 Oh 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!	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 Thou 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.	20 Safe in your presence you hide them, far from human plotting, shielding them in your tent, far fromcontentious tongues.
21 Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.	21 Blessed be Yahweh who works for me miracles of his faithful love (in a fortified city)!
22 For 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.	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 O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.	23 Love Yahweh, al his faithful: Yahweh protects his loyal servants, but he repays the arrogant withinterest.
24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.	24 Be brave, take heart, al who put your hope in Yahweh.