Psalm 31:13-33:10

English Standard Version

¹³For I ^(A)hear the whispering of many—
terror on every side!—
^(B)as they scheme together against me,
as they plot to take my life.

¹⁴But I ^(C)trust in you, O Lord;
    I say, “You are my God.”
¹⁵My ^(D)times are in your hand;
    ^(E)rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors!
¹⁶^(F)Make your face shine on your servant;
    save me in your steadfast love!
¹⁷O Lord, ^(G)let me not be put to shame,
    for I call upon you;
let the wicked be put to shame;
    let them go ^(H)silently to Sheol.
¹⁸Let the lying lips be mute,
    which ^(I)speak ^(J)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,
    ^(K)in the sight of the children of mankind!
²⁰In ^(L)the cover of your presence you hide them
    from the plots of men;
you ^(M)store them in your shelter
    from the strife of tongues.

²¹Blessed be the Lord,
    for he has wondrously ^(N)shown his steadfast love to me
    when I was in ^(O)a besieged city.
²²I had said in my ^(P)alarm,^[a]
    “I am ^(Q)cut off from ^(R)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 ^(S)saints!
    The Lord preserves the faithful
    but abundantly ^(T)repays the one who acts in pride.
²⁴^(U)Be strong, and let your heart take courage,
    all you who wait for the Lord!

Blessed Are the Forgiven

A Maskil^[b] of David.

32 ^(V)Blessed is the one whose ^(W)transgression is forgiven,
whose sin is covered.
²Blessed is the man against whom the Lord ^(X)counts no iniquity,
and in whose spirit ^(Y)there is no deceit.

³For when I kept silent, my ^(Z)bones wasted away
through my ^(AA)groaning all day long.
⁴For day and night your ^(AB)hand was heavy upon me;
my strength was dried up^[c] as by the heat of summer. Selah

⁵I ^(AC)acknowledged my sin to you,
and I did not cover my iniquity;
I said, “I ^(AD)will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

⁶Therefore let everyone who is ^(AE)godly
    offer prayer to you at a time when you ^(AF)may be found;
surely in the rush of ^(AG)great waters,
    they shall not reach him.
⁷You are a ^(AH)hiding place for me;
    you preserve me from ^(AI)trouble;
    you surround me with ^(AJ)shouts of deliverance. Selah

⁸I will ^(AK)instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
    I will ^(AL)counsel you with my eye upon you.
⁹^(AM)Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding,
    which must be curbed with ^(AN)bit and bridle,
    or it will not stay near you.

¹⁰^(AO)Many are the sorrows of the wicked,
but steadfast love surrounds the one who ^(AP)trusts in the Lord.
¹¹^(AQ)Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous,
and ^(AR)shout for joy, all you ^(AS)upright in heart!

The Steadfast Love of the Lord

33 ^(AT)Shout for joy in the Lord, O you righteous!
    ^(AU)Praise befits the upright.
²Give thanks to the Lord with the ^(AV)lyre;
    make melody to him with ^(AW)the harp of ^(AX)ten strings!
³Sing to him ^(AY)a new song;
    play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.

⁴For the word of the Lord is upright,
and all his work is done in ^(AZ)faithfulness.
⁵He ^(BA)loves righteousness and justice;
^(BB)the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.

⁶By ^(BC)the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
and by ^(BD)the breath of his mouth all ^(BE)their host.
⁷He gathers the waters of the sea as ^(BF)a heap;
he ^(BG)puts the deeps in storehouses.

⁸Let all the earth fear the Lord;
let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him!
⁹For ^(BH)he spoke, and it came to be;
he commanded, and it stood firm.

¹⁰The Lord ^(BI)brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;
he frustrates the plans of the peoples.