Psalms 31
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Psalm 31
For the choir director; a psalm by David.
1I have taken refuge in you, O Lord.
Never let me be put to shame.
Save me because of your righteousness.
2Turn your ear toward me.
Rescue me quickly.
Be a rock of refuge for me,
a strong fortress to save me.
3Indeed, you are my rock and my fortress.
For the sake of your name, lead me and guide me.
4You are my refuge,
so pull me out of the net that they have secretly laid for me.
5Into your hands I entrust my spirit.
You have rescued me, O Lord, God of truth.
6I hate those who cling to false gods, but I trust the Lord.
7I will rejoice and be glad because of your mercy.
You have seen my misery.
You have known the troubles in my soul.
8You have not handed me over to the enemy.
You have set my feet in a place where I can move freely.
9Have pity on me, O Lord, because I am in distress.
My eyes, my soul, and my body waste away from grief.
10My life is exhausted from sorrow,
my years from groaning.
My strength staggers under ⌞the weight of⌟ my guilt,
and my bones waste away.
11I have become a disgrace because of all my opponents.
I have become someone dreaded by my friends,
even by my neighbors.
Those who see me on the street run away from me.
12I have faded from memory as if I were dead
and have become like a piece of broken pottery.
13I have heard the whispering of many people—
terror on every side—
while they made plans together against me.
They were plotting to take my life.
14I trust you, O Lord.
I said, “You are my God.”
15My future is in your hands.
Rescue me from my enemies, from those who persecute me.
16Smile on me.
Save me with your mercy.
17O Lord, I have called on you, so do not let me be put to shame.
Let wicked people be put to shame.
Let them be silent in the grave.
18Let ⌞their⌟ lying lips be speechless,
since they speak against righteous people with arrogance and contempt.
19Your kindness is so great!
You reserve it for those who fear you.
Adam’s descendants watch
as you show it to those who take refuge in you.
20You hide them in the secret place of your presence
from those who scheme against them.
You keep them in a shelter,
safe from quarrelsome tongues.
21Thank the Lord!
He has shown me the miracle of his mercy
in a city under attack.
22When I was panic-stricken, I said,
“I have been cut off from your sight.”
But you heard my pleas for mercy when I cried out to you for help.
23Love the Lord, all you godly ones!
The Lord protects faithful people,
but he pays back in full those who act arrogantly.
24Be strong, all who wait with hope for the Lord,
and let your heart be courageous.
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Psalm 31
31
Into Your Hand I Commit My Spirit
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
1 # For ver. 1-3, see Ps. 71:1-3 In you, O Lord, do I #See Ps. 11:1 take refuge;
# ver. 17 let me never be put to shame;
in your #Ps. 143:1righteousness deliver me!
2Incline your ear to me;
rescue me speedily!
Be #See Ps. 18:2 a rock of #[Ps. 91:2]refuge for me,
a strong fortress to save me!
3For you are my rock and my fortress;
and for your #See Ps. 23:3name’s sake you lead me and guide me;
4you #Ps. 25:15 take me out of #See Job 18:8 the net they have hidden for me,
for you are my #Ps. 43:2refuge.
5 # Cited Luke 23:46; [Acts 7:59] Into your hand I commit my spirit;
you have redeemed me, O Lord, #Deut. 32:4faithful God.
6I #Ps. 26:5 hate#31:6 Masoretic Text; one Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint, Syriac, Jerome You hate those who pay #Jonah 2:8 regard to worthless #Deut. 32:21; Jer. 8:19; 14:22idols,
but I trust in the Lord.
7I will rejoice and be glad in your steadfast love,
because you have seen my affliction;
you have #See Ps. 1:6known the distress of my soul,
8and you have not #[Deut. 32:30] delivered me into the hand of the enemy;
you have set my feet in #See Job 36:16a broad place.
9Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am #Ps. 66:14 in distress;
# See Ps. 6:7 my eye is wasted from grief;
my soul and my body also.
10For my life is spent with sorrow,
and my years with sighing;
my strength fails because of my iniquity,
and #Ps. 6:2; 32:3; 38:3; 102:3my bones waste away.
11Because of all my adversaries I have become #[Ps. 41:7, 8; Isa. 53:3] a reproach,
especially to my #See Job 19:13, 14 neighbors,
and an object of dread to my acquaintances;
those who see me in the street #[Matt. 26:56; Mark 14:50]flee from me.
12I have been #Ps. 88:5; Eccles. 9:5 forgotten like one who is dead;
I have become like #Isa. 30:14a broken vessel.
13For I #Jer. 20:10 hear the whispering of many—
terror on every side!—
# [Matt. 27:1]; See 2 Sam. 17:1-4 as they scheme together against me,
as they plot to take my life.
14But I #ver. 1, 6trust in you, O Lord;
I say, “You are my God.”
15My #1 Chr. 29:30; Job 24:1 times are in your hand;
#
Ps. 7:1
rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors!
16 # See Ps. 4:6 Make your face shine on your servant;
save me in your steadfast love!
17O Lord, #ver. 1 let me not be put to shame,
for I call upon you;
let the wicked be put to shame;
let them go #1 Sam. 2:9; [Ps. 94:17; 115:17]silently to Sheol.
18Let the lying lips be mute,
which #[Jude 15] speak #Ps. 17:10insolently against the righteous
in pride and contempt.
19Oh, how abundant is your goodness,
which you have stored up for those who fear you
and worked for those who take refuge in you,
#
Ps. 23:5
in the sight of the children of mankind!
20In #See Ps. 32:7 the cover of your presence you hide them
from the plots of men;
you #See Ps. 27:5store them in your shelter
from the strife of tongues.
21Blessed be the Lord,
for he has wondrously #Ps. 17:7 shown his steadfast love to me
when I was in #[1 Sam. 23:7]a besieged city.
22I had said in my #Ps. 116:11; [2 Sam. 15:14] alarm,#31:22 Or in my haste
“I am #Isa. 38:11, 12; Lam. 3:54 cut off from #Jonah 2:4your sight.”
But you heard the voice of my pleas for mercy
when I cried to you for help.
23Love the Lord, all you his #Ps. 30:4 saints!
The Lord preserves the faithful
but abundantly #Deut. 32:41repays the one who acts in pride.
24 # See Ps. 27:14 Be strong, and let your heart take courage,
all you who wait for the Lord!
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