Psa 31 | NASB2020 | STEP | For the music director. A Psalm of David. In You, Lord , I have taken refuge ; Let me never be put to shame ; In Your righteousness rescue me.

Psalms 31

A Psalm of Complaint and of Praise.

For the music director. A Psalm of David.

1 ^aIn You, Lord, I have taken refuge;
Let me never ^bbe ^{▼▼Or ashamed;}put to shame;
^dIn Your righteousness rescue me.
2 ^eIncline Your ear to me, rescue me quickly;
Be a ^frock of ^{▼▼Or refuge, protection}strength for me,
A ^{▼▼Lit house of a stronghold}stronghold to save me.
3 For You are my rock and ⁱmy fortress;
For the ^jsake of Your name You will lead me and guide me.
4 You will ^kpull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me,
For You are my ^lstrength.
5 ^mInto Your hand I entrust my spirit;
You have ⁿredeemed me, Lord, ^oGod of ^{▼▼Or faithfulness}truth.

6 I hate those who ^qdevote themselves to worthless ^{▼▼Lit futilities}idols,
But I ^strust in the Lord.
7 I will ^trejoice and be glad in Your faithfulness,
Because You have ^useen my misery;
You have known the troubles of my soul,
8 And You have not ^vhanded me over to the enemy;
You have set my feet in a large place.

9 Be gracious to me, Lord, for ^wI am in distress;
My ^xeye is wasted away from grief, ^ymy soul and my body too.
10 For my life is spent with ^zsorrow
And my years with sighing;
My ^aastrength has failed because of my guilt,
And ^abmy ^{▼▼Or bones, substance}body has wasted away.
11 Because of all my adversaries, I have become a ^addisgrace,
Especially to my ^aeneighbors,
And an object of dread to my acquaintances;
Those who see me in the street flee from me.
12 I am ^afforgotten like a dead person, out of mind;
I am like a broken vessel.
13 For I have heard the ^{▼▼Lit whispering
,} ^ahslander of many,
^aiTerror is on every side;
While they ^ajtook counsel together against me,
They ^akschemed to take away my life.

14 But as for me, I trust in You, Lord,
I say, “ ^alYou are my God.”
15 My ^amtimes are in Your hand;
^anRescue me from the hand of my enemies and from those who persecute me.
16 Make Your ^aoface shine upon Your servant;
^apSave me in Your faithfulness.
17 Let me not be ^aqput to shame, Lord, for I call upon You;
Let the ^arwicked be put to shame, let them ^asbe silent in ^{▼▼I.e., the netherworld}Sheol.
18 Let the ^aulying lips be speechless,
Which ^avspeak arrogantly against the righteous
With pride and contempt.

19 How great is Your ^awgoodness,
Which You have stored up for those who fear You,
Which You have performed for those who ^axtake refuge in You,
^ayBefore the sons of mankind!
20 You hide them in the ^azsecret place of Your presence from the ^baconspiracies of mankind;
You keep them secretly in a ^{▼▼Or pavilion}shelter from the ^bcstrife of tongues.
21 ^bdBlessed be the Lord,
For He has shown His ^bemarvelous faithfulness to me in a besieged ^bfcity.
22 As for me, ^bgI said in my alarm,
“I am ^bhcut off from Your eyes”;
Nevertheless You ^biheard the sound of my pleadings
When I called to You for help.

23 Love the Lord, all ^bjHis godly ones!
The Lord ^bkwatches over the faithful
But fully ^blrepays the one who acts arrogantly.
24 ^bmBe strong and let your heart take courage,
All you who wait for the Lord.