Psalm 31-32

New American Standard Bible 1995

⁶ I hate those who ^(M)regard ^[d]vain idols,
But I ^(N)trust in the Lord.
⁷ I will ^(O)rejoice and be glad in Your lovingkindness,
Because You have ^(P)seen my affliction;
You have known the troubles of my soul,
⁸ And You have not ^(Q)given me over into the hand of the enemy;
You have set my feet in a large place.

⁹ Be gracious to me, O Lord, for ^(R)I am in distress;
My ^(S)eye is wasted away from grief, ^(T)my soul and my body also.
¹⁰ For my life is spent with ^(U)sorrow
And my years with sighing;
My ^(V)strength has failed because of my iniquity,
And ^(W)my ^[e]body has wasted away.
¹¹ Because of all my adversaries, I have become a ^(X)reproach,
Especially to my ^(Y)neighbors,
And an object of dread to my acquaintances;
Those who see me in the street flee from me.
¹² I am ^(Z)forgotten as a dead man, out of mind;
I am like a broken vessel.
¹³ For I have heard the ^[f](AA)slander of many,
^(AB)Terror is on every side;
While they ^(AC)took counsel together against me,
They ^(AD)schemed to take away my life.

¹⁴ But as for me, I trust in You, O Lord,
I say, “^(AE)You are my God.”
¹⁵ My ^(AF)times are in Your hand;
^(AG)Deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those who persecute me.
¹⁶ Make Your ^(AH)face to shine upon Your servant;
^(AI)Save me in Your lovingkindness.
¹⁷ Let me not be ^(AJ)put to shame, O Lord, for I call upon You;
Let the ^(AK)wicked be put to shame, let them ^(AL)be silent in ^[g]Sheol.
¹⁸ Let the ^(AM)lying lips be mute,
Which ^(AN)speak arrogantly against the righteous
With pride and contempt.

¹⁹ How great is Your ^(AO)goodness,
Which You have stored up for those who fear You,
Which You have wrought for those who ^(AP)take refuge in You,
^(AQ)Before the sons of men!
²⁰ You hide them in the ^(AR)secret place of Your presence from the ^(AS)conspiracies of man;
You keep them secretly in a ^[h]shelter from the ^(AT)strife of tongues.
^21 (AU)Blessed be the Lord,
For He has made ^(AV)marvelous His lovingkindness to me in a besieged ^(AW)city.
²² As for me, ^(AX)I said in my alarm,
“I am ^(AY)cut off from before Your eyes”;
Nevertheless You ^(AZ)heard the voice of my supplications
When I cried to You.

²³ O love the Lord, all you ^(BA)His godly ones!
The Lord ^(BB)preserves the faithful
And fully ^(BC)recompenses the proud doer.
^24 (BD)Be strong and let your heart take courage,
All you who ^[i]hope in the Lord.

³ When ^(BH)I kept silent about my sin, ^(BI)my ^[k]body wasted away
Through my ^[l](BJ)groaning all day long.
⁴ For day and night ^(BK)Your hand was heavy upon me;
My ^[m](BL)vitality was drained away as with the fever heat of summer. ^[n]Selah.
⁵ I ^(BM)acknowledged my sin to You,
And my iniquity I ^(BN)did not hide;
I said, “^(BO)I will confess my transgressions to the Lord”;
And You ^(BP)forgave the ^[o]guilt of my sin. Selah.
⁶ Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to You ^[p](BQ)in a time when You may be found;
Surely ^(BR)in a flood of great waters they will not reach him.
⁷ You are ^(BS)my hiding place; You ^(BT)preserve me from trouble;
You surround me with ^[q](BU)songs of deliverance. Selah.

⁸ I will ^(BV)instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go;
I will counsel you ^(BW)with My eye upon you.
⁹ Do not be ^(BX)as the horse or as the mule which have no understanding,
Whose trappings include bit and bridle to hold them in check,
Otherwise they will not come near to you.
¹⁰ Many are the ^(BY)sorrows of the wicked,
But ^(BZ)he who trusts in the Lord, lovingkindness shall surround him.
¹¹ Be ^(CA)glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous ones;
And shout for joy, all you who are ^(CB)upright in heart.