Psalm 31
Expanded Bible
A Prayer of Faith in Troubled Times
For the director of music. A psalm of David.
31 Lord, I ·trust [seek refuge] in you;
let me never be ·disgraced [shamed].
·Save [Rescue; T Deliver] me ·because you do what is right [in your righteousness].
2 ·Listen [L Incline your ear] to me
and ·save [rescue; T deliver] me quickly.
Be my rock of ·protection [refuge],
a strong ·city [fortress] to save me.
3 You are my rock and my ·protection [fortress].
For the ·good [sake] of your name, lead me and guide me.
4 Set me free from the ·trap [snare; net] they ·set [hid] for me,
because you are my ·protection [refuge].
5 ·I give you my life [L Into your hand I commend my spirit; Luke 23:46].
·Save [Redeem; or You have redeemed] me, Lord, ·God of truth [or faithful God].
6 I hate those who ·worship [serve; have concern for] ·false [worthless] gods.
I ·trust [have confidence] only in the Lord.
7 I will be glad and rejoice in your ·love [loyalty; covenant love],
because you saw my ·suffering [affliction];
you knew ·my troubles [the distress of my soul].
8 You have not handed me over to my enemies
but have ·set me in a safe place [L made my feet stand in a broad place].
9 Lord, ·have mercy [be gracious], because I am in ·misery [distress; trouble].
My eyes ·are weak [waste away; are dim] from so much crying,
·and my whole being is tired [L as is my soul and my body] from grief.
10 My life is ending in ·sadness [sorrow],
and my years are spent ·in crying [L with sighs/moans].
My ·troubles are using up my strength [L strength stumbles in my affliction/misery],
and my bones ·are getting weaker [waste away].
11 Because of all my ·troubles [distress], my enemies ·hate [scorn] me,
and even my neighbors look down on me.
When my ·friends [acquaintances] see me in public,
they are afraid and ·run [flee].
12 I am like a piece of a broken pot.
I am forgotten as if I were dead.
13 I have heard many ·insults [threats].
Terror is all around me.
They make plans against me
and ·want [plot] to kill me.
14 Lord, I ·trust [have confidence in] you.
I have said, “You are my God.”
15 My ·life is [times/fortunes are] in your hands.
·Save [Rescue; T Deliver] me from my enemies
and from those who are ·chasing [pursuing] me.
16 ·Show your kindness to me, [Shine your face on] your servant [Num. 6:25].
Save me because of your ·love [loyalty; covenant love].
17 Lord, I ·called [prayed] to you,
so do not let me be ·disgraced [shamed].
Let the wicked be ·disgraced [shamed]
and lie silent in ·the grave [or the underworld; L Sheol].
18 With pride and hatred
they speak against ·those who do right [the righteous].
So silence their lying lips.
19 How great is your goodness
that you have stored up for those who fear you,
that you have ·given to [L accomplished for] those who ·trust [have confidence in] you.
·You do this for all to see [L …before humanity].
20 You ·protect [hide] them ·by your [L in the shelter of your] presence
from what people plan against them.
You ·shelter them [L store them in shelter] from ·evil words [contentious/accusing tongues].
21 ·Praise [Blessed be] the Lord.
His ·love [loyalty; covenant love] to me was wonderful
when ·my city was attacked [or I was like a city under siege].
22 In my ·distress [alarm], I said,
“·God cannot see me [L I am cut off from your eyes]!”
But you heard my ·prayer [supplication]
when I cried out to you for help.
23 Love the Lord, all you ·who belong to him [loyal ones; saints].
The Lord protects those who ·truly believe [are faithful],
but he ·punishes [repays] ·the proud as much as they have sinned [L those who act with pride].
24 All you who ·put your hope in [wait for] the Lord
be strong and ·brave [L let your heart be courageous].
Psalm 31
English Standard Version
Into Your Hand I Commit My Spirit
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
31 (A)In you, O Lord, do I (B)take refuge;
(C)let me never be put to shame;
in your (D)righteousness deliver me!
2 Incline your ear to me;
rescue me speedily!
Be (E)a rock of (F)refuge for me,
a strong fortress to save me!
3 For you are my rock and my fortress;
and for your (G)name's sake you lead me and guide me;
4 you (H)take me out of (I)the net they have hidden for me,
for you are my (J)refuge.
5 (K)Into your hand I commit my spirit;
you have redeemed me, O Lord, (L)faithful God.
6 I (M)hate[a] those who pay (N)regard to worthless (O)idols,
but I trust in the Lord.
7 I will rejoice and be glad in your steadfast love,
because you have seen my affliction;
you have (P)known the distress of my soul,
8 and you have not (Q)delivered me into the hand of the enemy;
you have set my feet in (R)a broad place.
9 Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am (S)in distress;
(T)my eye is wasted from grief;
my soul and my body also.
10 For my life is spent with sorrow,
and my years with sighing;
my strength fails because of my iniquity,
and (U)my bones waste away.
11 Because of all my adversaries I have become (V)a reproach,
especially to my (W)neighbors,
and an object of dread to my acquaintances;
those who see me in the street (X)flee from me.
12 I have been (Y)forgotten like one who is dead;
I have become like (Z)a broken vessel.
13 For I (AA)hear the whispering of many—
terror on every side!—
(AB)as they scheme together against me,
as they plot to take my life.
14 But I (AC)trust in you, O Lord;
I say, “You are my God.”
15 My (AD)times are in your hand;
(AE)rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors!
16 (AF)Make your face shine on your servant;
save me in your steadfast love!
17 O Lord, (AG)let me not be put to shame,
for I call upon you;
let the wicked be put to shame;
let them go (AH)silently to Sheol.
18 Let the lying lips be mute,
which (AI)speak (AJ)insolently against the righteous
in pride and contempt.
19 Oh, how abundant is your goodness,
which you have stored up for those who fear you
and worked for those who take refuge in you,
(AK)in the sight of the children of mankind!
20 In (AL)the cover of your presence you hide them
from the plots of men;
you (AM)store them in your shelter
from the strife of tongues.
21 Blessed be the Lord,
for he has wondrously (AN)shown his steadfast love to me
when I was in (AO)a besieged city.
22 I had said in my (AP)alarm,[b]
“I am (AQ)cut off from (AR)your sight.”
But you heard the voice of my pleas for mercy
when I cried to you for help.
23 Love the Lord, all you his (AS)saints!
The Lord preserves the faithful
but abundantly (AT)repays the one who acts in pride.
24 (AU)Be strong, and let your heart take courage,
all you who wait for the Lord!
Footnotes
- Psalm 31:6 Masoretic Text; one Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint, Syriac, Jerome You hate
- Psalm 31:22 Or in my haste
诗篇 31
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
於困厄中仰望 神的拯救
大衛的詩，交給詩班長。
31 耶和華啊！我投靠你；
求你使我永不羞愧，
求你按著你的公義搭救我。
2 求你留心聽我，趕快拯救我；
求你作我堅固的磐石，
作拯救我的堅壘。
3 因為你是我的巖石、我的堅壘；
為你名的緣故，求你帶領我，引導我。
4 求你救我脫離人為我暗設的網羅，
因為你是我的避難所。
5 我把我的靈魂交在你手裡，
耶和華信實的 神啊！你救贖了我。
6 我恨惡那些信奉虛無偶像的人；
至於我，我卻倚靠耶和華。
7 我要因你的慈愛歡喜快樂，
因為你看見了我的困苦，
知道我心中的痛苦；
8 你沒有把我交在仇敵的手裡，
你使我的腳站穩在寬闊之地。
9 耶和華啊！求你恩待我，因為我在患難之中；
我的眼睛因愁煩昏花，
我的身、我的心也都衰殘。
10 我的生命因愁苦耗盡，
我的歲月在歎息中消逝，
我的力量因罪孽衰退，
我的骨頭也枯乾。
11 我因眾仇敵的緣故，成了眾人羞辱的對象，
在我的鄰居面前更是這樣；
認識我的人都懼怕我；
在街上看見我的，都避開我。
12 我被人完全忘記，如同死了的人，
我好像破碎的器皿，
13 我聽見許多人的毀謗，
四周都有驚嚇；
他們一同商議攻擊我，
圖謀要取我的性命。
14 但是，耶和華啊！我還是倚靠你；
我說：“你是我的 神。”
15 我的一生都在你的手中；
求你救我脫離我仇敵的手，和那些迫害我的人。
16 求你用你的臉光照你的僕人，
以你的慈愛拯救我。
17 耶和華啊！求你不要使我羞愧，
因為我向你呼求；
求你使惡人羞愧，使他們在陰間靜寂無聲。
18 那些逞驕傲，態度輕慢，
說話狂傲攻擊義人的，
願他們說謊的嘴唇啞而無聲。
19 耶和華啊！你為敬畏你的人所珍藏的好處，
為投靠你的人在世人面前所施行的恩惠，
是多麼豐盛。
20 你把他們藏在你面前的隱密處，
免得他們陷在世人的陰謀裡；
又把他們保護在帳棚內，以免落在口舌的爭競中。
21 耶和華是應當稱頌的，
因為我在被圍困的城裡，
他就向我顯出他奇妙的慈愛。
22 至於我，我曾在驚恐中說：
“我從你眼前被隔絕”；
可是我向你呼求的時候，
你還是垂聽了我懇求的聲音。
23 耶和華的眾聖民哪！你們都要愛耶和華；
耶和華保護誠實的人，
卻嚴厲地報應行事驕傲的人。
24 所有仰望耶和華的人，
你們都要剛強，堅固你們的心。
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