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Psalm 31
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Psalm 31
Easy-to-Read Version
To the director: A song of David.
31 Lord, I come to you for protection.
Don’t let me be disappointed.
You always do what is right, so save me.
2 Listen to me.
Come quickly and save me.
Be my Rock, my place of safety.
Be my fortress and protect me!
3 Yes, you are my Rock and my protection.
For the good of your name, lead me and guide me.
4 Save me from the traps my enemy has set.
You are my place of safety.
5 Lord, you are the God we can trust.
I put my life[a] in your hands.
Save me!
6 I hate those who worship false gods.
I trust only in the Lord.
7 Your kindness makes me so happy.
You have seen my suffering.
You know about the troubles I have.
8 You will not let my enemies take me.
You will free me from their traps.
9 Lord, I have many troubles, so be kind to me.
I have cried until my eyes hurt.
My throat and stomach are aching.
10 Because of my sin, my life is ending in grief;
my years are passing away in sighs of pain.
My life is ending in weakness.
My strength is draining away.
11 My enemies despise me,
and even my neighbors have turned away.
When my friends see me in the street,
they turn the other way.
They are afraid to be around me.
12 People want to forget me like someone already dead,
thrown away like a broken dish.
13 I hear them whispering about me.
They have turned against me and plan to kill me.
14 Lord, I trust in you.
You are my God.
15 My life is in your hands.
Save me from those who are persecuting me.
16 Please welcome and accept your servant.[b]
Be kind to me and save me.
17 Lord, I am praying to you.
Don’t let me be disappointed.
The wicked are the ones who should be disappointed.
Let them go to the grave in silence.
18 Those evil people brag
and tell lies about those who do right.
They are so proud now,
but their lying lips will be silent.
19 Lord, you have hidden away many wonderful things for your followers.
You have done so many good things for those who trust in you.
You have blessed them so that all the world can see.
20 Others make plans to hurt them.
They say such bad things about them.
But you hide your people in your shelter and protect them.
21 Praise the Lord, because he showed me how wonderful his faithful love is
when the city was surrounded by enemies.
22 I was afraid and said, “I am in a place where he cannot see me.”
But I prayed to you, and you heard my loud cries for help.
23 Love the Lord, all of you who are his loyal followers.
The Lord protects those who are loyal to him.
But he punishes those who brag about their own power.
He gives them all the punishment they deserve.
24 Be strong and brave,
all of you who are waiting for the Lord’s help.
Footnotes
- Psalm 31:5 life Literally, “spirit.”
- Psalm 31:16 Please … servant Literally, “Let your face shine on your servant.”
Salmos 31
Reina-Valera 1960
Salmos 31
Reina-Valera 1960
Declaración de confianza
Al músico principal. Salmo de David.
31 En ti, oh Jehová, he confiado; no sea yo confundido jamás;
Líbrame en tu justicia.
2 Inclina a mí tu oído, líbrame pronto;
Sé tú mi roca fuerte, y fortaleza para salvarme.
3 Porque tú eres mi roca y mi castillo;
Por tu nombre me guiarás y me encaminarás.
4 Sácame de la red que han escondido para mí,
Pues tú eres mi refugio.
5 En tu mano encomiendo mi espíritu;(A)
Tú me has redimido, oh Jehová, Dios de verdad.
6 Aborrezco a los que esperan en vanidades ilusorias;
Mas yo en Jehová he esperado.
7 Me gozaré y alegraré en tu misericordia,
Porque has visto mi aflicción;
Has conocido mi alma en las angustias.
8 No me entregaste en mano del enemigo;
Pusiste mis pies en lugar espacioso.
9 Ten misericordia de mí, oh Jehová, porque estoy en angustia;
Se han consumido de tristeza mis ojos, mi alma también y mi cuerpo.
10 Porque mi vida se va gastando de dolor, y mis años de suspirar;
Se agotan mis fuerzas a causa de mi iniquidad, y mis huesos se han consumido.
11 De todos mis enemigos soy objeto de oprobio,
Y de mis vecinos mucho más, y el horror de mis conocidos;
Los que me ven fuera huyen de mí.
12 He sido olvidado de su corazón como un muerto;
He venido a ser como un vaso quebrado.
13 Porque oigo la calumnia de muchos;
El miedo me asalta por todas partes,
Mientras consultan juntos contra mí
E idean quitarme la vida.
14 Mas yo en ti confío, oh Jehová;
Digo: Tú eres mi Dios.
15 En tu mano están mis tiempos;
Líbrame de la mano de mis enemigos y de mis perseguidores.
16 Haz resplandecer tu rostro sobre tu siervo;
Sálvame por tu misericordia.
17 No sea yo avergonzado, oh Jehová, ya que te he invocado;
Sean avergonzados los impíos, estén mudos en el Seol.
18 Enmudezcan los labios mentirosos,
Que hablan contra el justo cosas duras
Con soberbia y menosprecio.
19 ¡Cuán grande es tu bondad, que has guardado para los que te temen,
Que has mostrado a los que esperan en ti, delante de los hijos de los hombres!
20 En lo secreto de tu presencia los esconderás de la conspiración del hombre;
Los pondrás en un tabernáculo a cubierto de contención de lenguas.
21 Bendito sea Jehová,
Porque ha hecho maravillosa su misericordia para conmigo en ciudad fortificada.
22 Decía yo en mi premura: Cortado soy de delante de tus ojos;
Pero tú oíste la voz de mis ruegos cuando a ti clamaba.
23 Amad a Jehová, todos vosotros sus santos;
A los fieles guarda Jehová,
Y paga abundantemente al que procede con soberbia.
24 Esforzaos todos vosotros los que esperáis en Jehová,
Y tome aliento vuestro corazón.
Psalm 31
Lexham English Bible
Psalm 31
Lexham English Bible
Yahweh Is a Fortress
For the music director. A psalm of David.[a]
31 In you, O Yahweh, I have taken refuge.
Let me not be put to shame ever.
Deliver me by your righteousness.
2 Incline your ear to me.
Quickly deliver me.
Become my rock of refuge,
a fortified keep[b] to save me.
3 For you are my rock and my fortress.
So, for the sake of your name,
lead me and guide me.
4 Bring me out of the net that they have secretly set for me,
for you are my refuge.
5 Into your hand I commit my spirit.
You have redeemed me, O Yahweh, faithful God.[c]
6 I hate those devoted to useless idols,
but I trust Yahweh.
7 I will exult and rejoice in your loyal love.
Because you have seen my misery,
you know the distresses of my life.[d]
8 And you have not delivered me
into the hand of the enemy.
You have set my feet in a broad place.
9 Be gracious to me, O Yahweh,
because I have distress.
My eye wastes away because of vexation,
along with my soul and my body.[e]
10 For my life is at an end with sorrow,
and my years with sighing.
My strength stumbles because of my iniquity,
and my bones waste away.
11 Because of all my adversaries I have become a disgrace,
especially to my neighbors,
and a dread to my acquaintances.
Those who see me in the street flee from me.
12 I have become forgotten like one dead, out of mind.[f]
I am like a destroyed vessel.
13 For I hear the rumor of many,
“Terror on every side!”
When conspiring together against me,
they have plotted to take my life.
14 But as for me, I trust you, O Yahweh.
I say, “You are my God.”
15 My times[g] are in your hand.
Deliver me from the hand of my enemies
and from those who pursue me.
16 Shine your face upon your servant.
Save me by your loyal love.
17 O Yahweh, let me not be put to shame, for I call on you.
Let the wicked be put to shame.
Let them go silently[h] to Sheol.
18 Let lying lips be dumb,
that speak against the righteous[i] unrestrained
with arrogance and contempt.
19 How abundant is your goodness
that you have stored up for those who fear you,
that you perform for those who take refuge in you
before the children of humankind.
20 You will hide them in the protection of your presence
from the plots of man.
You will hide them in a shelter from the strife of tongues.
21 Blessed is Yahweh,
because he has worked marvelously his loyal love to me
in a besieged city.
22 As for me, I said in my alarm,
“I am cut off from before your eyes.”
However you heard the voice of my supplications
when I cried to you for help.
23 Love Yahweh, all you his faithful ones.
Yahweh preserves the faithful
but repays abundantly the one who acts arrogantly.
24 Be strong and let your[j] heart show strength,
all you who wait for Yahweh.
Footnotes
- Psalm 31:1 The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm; the English verse number is reduced by one
- Psalm 31:2 Literally “a house of strongholds”
- Psalm 31:5 Or “God of truth”
- Psalm 31:7 Or “soul”
- Psalm 31:9 Literally “belly”
- Psalm 31:12 Literally “heart”
- Psalm 31:15 Or “destiny”
- Psalm 31:17 Or “let them with wailing enter”
- Psalm 31:18 Or “the innocent one”
- Psalm 31:24 Plural
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