Psalm 31

Complete Jewish Bible

31 ⁽⁰⁾For the leader. A psalm of David:

²⁽¹⁾In you, Adonai, I take refuge;
let me never be put to shame;
in your justice, save me!
³⁽²⁾Turn your ear toward me,
come quickly to my rescue,
be for me a rock of strength,
a fortress to keep me safe.
⁴⁽³⁾Since you are my rock and fortress,
lead me and guide me for your name’s sake.
⁵⁽⁴⁾Free me from the net they have hidden to catch me,
because you are my strength.
⁶⁽⁵⁾Into your hand I commit my spirit;
you will redeem me, Adonai, God of truth.

⁷⁽⁶⁾I hate those who serve worthless idols;
as for me, I trust in Adonai.
⁸⁽⁷⁾I will rejoice and be glad in your grace,
for you see my affliction,
you know how distressed I am.
⁹⁽⁸⁾You did not hand me over to the enemy;
you set my feet where I can move freely.

¹⁰⁽⁹⁾Show me favor, Adonai, for I am in trouble.
My eyes grow dim with anger,
my soul and body as well.
¹¹⁽¹⁰⁾For my life is worn out with sorrow
and my years with sighing;
my strength gives out under my guilt,
and my bones are wasting away.

¹²⁽¹¹⁾I am scorned by all my adversaries,
and even more by my neighbors;
even to acquaintances
I am an object of fear —
when they see me in the street,
they turn away from me.
¹³⁽¹²⁾Like a dead man, I have passed from their minds;
I have become like a broken pot.
¹⁴⁽¹³⁾All I hear is whispering,
terror is all around me;
they plot together against me,
scheming to take my life.

¹⁵⁽¹⁴⁾But I, I trust in you, Adonai;
I say, “You are my God.”
¹⁶⁽¹⁵⁾My times are in your hand;
rescue me from my enemies’ power,
from those who persecute me.

¹⁷⁽¹⁶⁾Make your face shine on your servant;
in your grace, save me.
¹⁸⁽¹⁷⁾Adonai, don’t let me be put to shame,
for I have called on you;
let the wicked be put to shame,
let them be silenced in Sh’ol.
¹⁹⁽¹⁸⁾May lying lips be struck dumb,
that speak insolently against the righteous
with such pride and contempt.

²⁰⁽¹⁹⁾But oh, how great is your goodness,
which you have stored up for those who fear you,
which you do for those who take refuge in you,
before people’s very eyes!
²¹⁽²⁰⁾In the shelter of your presence
you hide them from human plots,
you conceal them in your shelter,
safe from contentious tongues.

²²⁽²¹⁾Blessed be Adonai!
For he has shown me his amazing grace
when I was in a city under siege.
²³⁽²²⁾As for me, in my alarm I said,
“I have been cut off from your sight!”
Nevertheless, you heard my pleas
when I cried out to you.

²⁴⁽²³⁾Love Adonai, you faithful of his.
Adonai preserves the loyal,
but the proud he repays in full.
²⁵⁽²⁴⁾Be strong, and fill your hearts with courage,
all of you who hope in Adonai.

Tehillim 31

Orthodox Jewish Bible

31 (For the one directing. Mizmor Dovid) In Thee, Hashem, do I take refuge; let me never be put to shame; deliver me in Thy tzedakah.

²⁽³⁾Incline Thine ear to me; deliver me speedily; be Thou for me a Tzur Ma’oz, a Bais Metzudot (fortress) to save me.

³⁽⁴⁾For Thou art my Sela (rock) and my Metzudah (fortress); therefore for the sake of Thy Name, lead me, and guide me.

⁴⁽⁵⁾Pull me out of the reshet (trap, net) that they have laid for me; for Thou art my ma’oz (stronghold).

⁵⁽⁶⁾Into Thine yad I commit my ruach; Thou hast redeemed me, Hashem El Emes [Lk 23:46; Ac 7:59].

⁶⁽⁷⁾I hate them that are the shomrim of lying vanities [i.e., idols]; but I trust in Hashem.

⁷⁽⁸⁾I will be glad and rejoice in Thy chesed; for Thou hast seen my affliction; Thou hast known the tzoros (troubles) of my nefesh;

⁸⁽⁹⁾And hast not shut me up into the yad of the oyev (enemy); Thou hast set my feet in a merkhav (large place, spacious or broad place).

⁹⁽¹⁰⁾Channeni, Hashem, for I am in tzoros; mine eye is consumed with ka’as (grief), my nefesh and my beten.

¹⁰⁽¹¹⁾For my life is spent with grief, and my years with groaning; my ko’ach faileth because of mine avon (iniquity), and my atzmot waste away.

¹¹⁽¹²⁾I was a cherpah (reproach, scorn, disgrace) among all mine enemies, but especially among my shchenim (neighbors), and a dread to mine acquaintance; they that did see me outside fled from me.

¹²⁽¹³⁾I am forgotten like a dead man out of mind; I am like a keli oved (broken vessel).

¹³⁽¹⁴⁾For I have heard the dibbah (evil report, slander) of many; terror was on every side; while they conspire against me, they plot to take my nefesh.

¹⁴⁽¹⁵⁾But I trust in Thee, Hashem; I said, Thou art Elohai.

¹⁵⁽¹⁶⁾My times are in Thy yad; deliver me from the yad of mine oyevim (enemies), and from them that persecute me.

¹⁶⁽¹⁷⁾Make Thy face to shine upon Thy eved; hoshi’eini (save me) for the sake of Thy chesed.

¹⁷Let me not be put to shame, Hashem; for I have called upon Thee; let the resha’im be put to shame, and let them keep silent in Sheol.

¹⁸⁽¹⁹⁾Let the siftei sheker (lying lips) be put to silence; which speak insolent things with ga’avah (pride) and contemptuously against the tzaddik.

¹⁹⁽²⁰⁾Oh how great is Thy goodness, which Thou hast stored up for them that fear Thee; which Thou hast wrought for them that take refuge in Thee before the Bnei Adam!

²⁰⁽²¹⁾Thou shalt hide them b’seter (in the shelter) of Thy presence from the intrigues of ish; Thou shalt keep them safe in a sukkah from the riv l’shonot (the strife of tongues, contentious lashon hora, backbiting, slander).

²¹Baruch Hashem! For He hath showed me His wondrous chesed in an Ir Matzor (besieged city).

²²⁽²³⁾For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before Thine eyes; nevertheless Thou heardest the voice of my tachanun (supplications) when unto Thee I cried for help.

²³⁽²⁴⁾O love Hashem, all ye His Chasidim; for Hashem preserveth the emunim (the faithful ones), but He pays back in full the oseh ga’avah (the one acting in pride, haughtily).

²⁴⁽²⁵⁾Chazak! Be strong, let your levav take courage, all ye that hope in Hashem.

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Psalm 31

Complete Jewish Bible

Tehillim 31

Orthodox Jewish Bible