Psa 31:1
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
In You, O Yahweh H3068, I have taken H2620 refuge H2620;
Let me never H408 H5769 be H954 ashamed H954;
In Your righteousness H6666 protect H6403 me.
Psa 31:2
Incline H5186 Your ear H241 to me, deliver H5337 me quickly H4120;
Be to me a rock H6697 of [fn]strength H4581,
A fortress H4686 to save H3467 me.
Psa 31:3
For You are my [fn]high H5553 rock H5553 and my fortress H4686;
For Your name’s H8034 sake H4616 You will lead H5148 me and guide H5095 me.
Psa 31:4
You will bring H3318 me out H3318 of the net H7568 which H2098 they have secretly H2934 laid H2934 for me,
For You are my strength H4581.
Psa 31:5
Into Your hand H3027 I commit H6485 my spirit H7307;
You have ransomed H6299 me, O Yahweh H3068, God H410 of truth H571.
Psa 31:6
I hate H8130 those who regard H8104 worthless H7723 idols H1892,
But I trust H982 in Yahweh H3068.
Psa 31:7
I will rejoice H1523 and be H8055 glad H8055 in Your lovingkindness H2617,
Because H834 You have seen H7200 my affliction H6040;
You have known H3045 the troubles H6869 of my soul H5315,
Psa 31:8
And You have not given H5462 me over H5462 into the hand H3027 of the enemy H340;
You have set H5975 my feet H7272 in a large H4800 place H4800.
Psa 31:9
Be H2603 gracious H2603 to me, O Yahweh H3068, for I am H6887 in H6887 distress H6887;
My eye H5869 is wasted H6244 away H6244 from grief H3708, my soul H5315 and [fn]my body H990 also.
Psa 31:10
For my life H2416 is worn H3615 down H3615 with sorrow H3015
And my years H8141 with sighing H585;
My strength H3581 fails H3782 because of my iniquity H5771,
And my bones H6106 waste H6244 away H6244.
Psa 31:11
Among H4480 all H3605 my adversaries H6887, I have become H1961 a reproach H2781,
Especially H3966 to my neighbors H7934,
And an object H6343 of H6343 dread H6343 to my acquaintances H3045;
Those who see H7200 me in the street H2351 flee H5074 from me.
Psa 31:12
I am forgotten H7911 like a dead H4191 man H4191—out of [fn]mind H3820—
I am H1961 like a broken H6 vessel H3627.
Psa 31:13
For I have heard H8085 [fn]the bad H1681 report H1681 of many H7227,
Terror H4032 is on every H5439 side H5439;
While they took H3245 counsel H3245 together H3162 against H5921 me,
They schemed H2161 to take H3947 my life H5315.
Psa 31:14
But as for me, I trust H982 in You, O Yahweh H3068,
I say H559, “You are my God H430.”
Psa 31:15
My times H6256 are in Your hand H3027;
Deliver H5337 me from the hand H3027 of my enemies H340 and from those who pursue H7291 me.
Psa 31:16
Make Your face H6440 to shine H215 upon Your slave H5650;
Save H3467 me in Your lovingkindness H2617.
Psa 31:17
O Yahweh H3068, let me not be put H954 to H954 shame H954, for I call H7121 upon You;
Let the wicked H7563 be put H954 to H954 shame H954, let them be H1826 silent H1826 in Sheol H7585.
Psa 31:18
Let the lying H8267 lips H8193 be H481 mute H481,
Which speak H1696 arrogantly H6277 against H5921 the righteous H6662
With lofty H1346 pride H1346 and contempt H937.
Psa 31:19
How H4100 great H7227 is Your goodness H2898,
Which H834 You have stored H6845 up for those who fear H3372 You,
Which You have worked H6466 for those who take H2620 refuge H2620 in You,
Before H5048 the sons H1121 of men H120!
Psa 31:20
You hide H5641 them in the secret H5643 place H5643 of Your presence H6440 from the conspiracies H7407 of man H376;
You keep H6845 them secretly H6845 in a [fn]shelter H5521 from the strife H7379 of tongues H3956.
Psa 31:21
Blessed H1288 be Yahweh H3068,
For He has made H6381 marvelous H6381 His lovingkindness H2617 to me in a besieged H4692 city H5892.
Psa 31:22
As for me, I said H559 in my alarm H2648,
“I am cut H1629 off H1629 from before H6440 Your eyes H5869”;
Nevertheless H403, You heard H8085 the voice H6963 of my supplications H8469
When I cried H7768 to You for H7768 help H7768.
Psa 31:23
Oh, love H157 Yahweh H3068, all H3605 you His holy H2623 ones H2623!
Yahweh H3068 guards H5341 the faithful H539
But repays H7999 fully H5921 H3499 the one who acts H6213 in lofty H1346 pride H1346.
Psa 31:24
Be strong H2388 and let your heart H3824 take H553 courage H553,
All H3605 you who wait H3176 for Yahweh H3068.
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