Psalm 30-31

English Standard Version

Joy Comes with the Morning

A Psalm of David. A song at the dedication of ^(A)the temple.

30 I will ^(B)extol you, O Lord, for you have drawn me up
    and have not let my foes ^(C)rejoice over me.
²O Lord my God, I ^(D)cried to you for help,
    and you have ^(E)healed me.
³O Lord, you have brought up my soul from ^(F)Sheol;
    you restored me to life from among those who ^(G)go down to the pit.^[a]

⁴Sing praises to the Lord, O you ^(H)his saints,
    and ^(I)give thanks to his holy name.^[b]
⁵^(J)For his anger is but for a moment,
    and ^(K)his favor is for a lifetime.^[c]
^(L)Weeping may tarry for the night,
    but ^(M)joy comes with the morning.

⁶As for me, I said in my ^(N)prosperity,
    “I shall never be ^(O)moved.”
⁷By your favor, O Lord,
    you made my ^(P)mountain stand strong;
you ^(Q)hid your face;
    I was ^(R)dismayed.

⁸To you, O Lord, I cry,
    and ^(S)to the Lord I plead for mercy:
⁹“What profit is there in my death,^[d]
    if I go down to the pit?^[e]
Will ^(T)the dust praise you?
    Will it tell of your faithfulness?
¹⁰^(U)Hear, O Lord, and be merciful to me!
    O Lord, be my helper!”

¹¹You have turned for me my mourning into ^(V)dancing;
    you have loosed my sackcloth
    and clothed me with gladness,
¹²that my ^(W)glory may sing your praise and not be silent.
    O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever!

Into Your Hand I Commit My Spirit

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

31 ^(X)In you, O Lord, do I ^(Y)take refuge;
    ^(Z)let me never be put to shame;
    in your ^(AA)righteousness deliver me!
²Incline your ear to me;
    rescue me speedily!
Be ^(AB)a rock of ^(AC)refuge for me,
    a strong fortress to save me!

³For you are my rock and my fortress;
    and for your ^(AD)name's sake you lead me and guide me;
⁴you ^(AE)take me out of ^(AF)the net they have hidden for me,
    for you are my ^(AG)refuge.
⁵^(AH)Into your hand I commit my spirit;
    you have redeemed me, O Lord, ^(AI)faithful God.

⁶I ^(AJ)hate^[f] those who pay ^(AK)regard to worthless ^(AL)idols,
    but I trust in the Lord.
⁷I will rejoice and be glad in your steadfast love,
    because you have seen my affliction;
    you have ^(AM)known the distress of my soul,
⁸and you have not ^(AN)delivered me into the hand of the enemy;
    you have set my feet in ^(AO)a broad place.

⁹Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am ^(AP)in distress;
    ^(AQ)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 ^(AR)my bones waste away.

¹¹Because of all my adversaries I have become ^(AS)a reproach,
    especially to my ^(AT)neighbors,
and an object of dread to my acquaintances;
    those who see me in the street ^(AU)flee from me.
¹²I have been ^(AV)forgotten like one who is dead;
    I have become like ^(AW)a broken vessel.
¹³For I ^(AX)hear the whispering of many—
    terror on every side!—
^(AY)as they scheme together against me,
    as they plot to take my life.

¹⁴But I ^(AZ)trust in you, O Lord;
    I say, “You are my God.”
¹⁵My ^(BA)times are in your hand;
    ^(BB)rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors!
¹⁶^(BC)Make your face shine on your servant;
    save me in your steadfast love!
¹⁷O Lord, ^(BD)let me not be put to shame,
    for I call upon you;
let the wicked be put to shame;
    let them go ^(BE)silently to Sheol.
¹⁸Let the lying lips be mute,
    which ^(BF)speak ^(BG)insolently 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,
    ^(BH)in the sight of the children of mankind!
²⁰In ^(BI)the cover of your presence you hide them
    from the plots of men;
you ^(BJ)store them in your shelter
    from the strife of tongues.

²¹Blessed be the Lord,
    for he has wondrously ^(BK)shown his steadfast love to me
    when I was in ^(BL)a besieged city.
²²I had said in my ^(BM)alarm,^[g]
    “I am ^(BN)cut off from ^(BO)your sight.”
But you heard the voice of my pleas for mercy
    when I cried to you for help.

²³Love the Lord, all you his ^(BP)saints!
    The Lord preserves the faithful
    but abundantly ^(BQ)repays the one who acts in pride.
²⁴^(BR)Be strong, and let your heart take courage,
    all you who wait for the Lord!

Footnotes

Psalm 30:3 Or to life, that I should not go down to the pit
Psalm 30:4 Hebrew to the memorial of his holiness (see Exodus 3:15)
Psalm 30:5 Or and in his favor is life
Psalm 30:9 Hebrew in my blood
Psalm 30:9 Or to corruption
Psalm 31:6 Masoretic Text; one Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint, Syriac, Jerome You hate
Psalm 31:22 Or in my haste