Psalm 61-62

New International Reader's Version

² From a place far away I call out to you.
    I call out as my heart gets weaker.
    Lead me to the safety of a rock that is high above me.
³ You have always kept me safe from my enemies.
    You are like a strong tower to me.

⁴ I long to live in your holy tent forever.
    There I find safety in the shadow of your wings.
⁵ God, you have heard my promises.
    You have given me what belongs to those who worship you.

⁶ Add many days to the king’s life.
    Let him live on and on for many years.
⁷ May he always enjoy your blessing as he rules.
    Let your love and truth keep him safe.

⁸ Then I will always sing praise to you.
    I will keep my promises day after day.

³ How long will you enemies attack me?
    Will all of you throw me down?
I’m like a leaning wall.
    I’m like a fence about to fall.
⁴ Surely my enemies only want to pull me down
    from my place of honor.
    They take delight in telling lies.
They bless me with what they say.
    But in their hearts they ask for bad things to happen to me.

⁵ Yes, I must find my rest in God.
    He is the God who gives me hope.
⁶ It is surely true that he is my rock and the God who saves me.
    He is like a fort to me, so I will always be secure.
⁷ I depend on God to save me and to honor me.
    He is my mighty rock and my place of safety.
⁸ Trust in him at all times, you people.
    Tell him all your troubles.
    God is our place of safety.

⁹ Surely ordinary people are only a breath.
    Important people are not what they seem to be.
If they were weighed on a scale, they wouldn’t amount to anything.
    Together they are only a breath.
¹⁰ Don’t trust in money you have taken from others.
    Don’t put false hope in things you have stolen.
Even if your riches grow,
    don’t put your trust in them.

¹¹ God, I have heard you say two things.
    One is that power belongs to you, God.
¹²     The other is that your love, Lord, never ends.
You will reward everyone
    in keeping with what they have done.