Psalm 31-33

Complete Jewish Bible

31 ⁽⁰⁾For the leader. A psalm of David:

²⁽¹⁾In you, Adonai, I take refuge;
let me never be put to shame;
in your justice, save me!
³⁽²⁾Turn your ear toward me,
come quickly to my rescue,
be for me a rock of strength,
a fortress to keep me safe.
⁴⁽³⁾Since you are my rock and fortress,
lead me and guide me for your name’s sake.
⁵⁽⁴⁾Free me from the net they have hidden to catch me,
because you are my strength.
⁶⁽⁵⁾Into your hand I commit my spirit;
you will redeem me, Adonai, God of truth.

⁷⁽⁶⁾I hate those who serve worthless idols;
as for me, I trust in Adonai.
⁸⁽⁷⁾I will rejoice and be glad in your grace,
for you see my affliction,
you know how distressed I am.
⁹⁽⁸⁾You did not hand me over to the enemy;
you set my feet where I can move freely.

¹⁰⁽⁹⁾Show me favor, Adonai, for I am in trouble.
My eyes grow dim with anger,
my soul and body as well.
¹¹⁽¹⁰⁾For my life is worn out with sorrow
and my years with sighing;
my strength gives out under my guilt,
and my bones are wasting away.

¹²⁽¹¹⁾I am scorned by all my adversaries,
and even more by my neighbors;
even to acquaintances
I am an object of fear —
when they see me in the street,
they turn away from me.
¹³⁽¹²⁾Like a dead man, I have passed from their minds;
I have become like a broken pot.
¹⁴⁽¹³⁾All I hear is whispering,
terror is all around me;
they plot together against me,
scheming to take my life.

¹⁵⁽¹⁴⁾But I, I trust in you, Adonai;
I say, “You are my God.”
¹⁶⁽¹⁵⁾My times are in your hand;
rescue me from my enemies’ power,
from those who persecute me.

¹⁷⁽¹⁶⁾Make your face shine on your servant;
in your grace, save me.
¹⁸⁽¹⁷⁾Adonai, don’t let me be put to shame,
for I have called on you;
let the wicked be put to shame,
let them be silenced in Sh’ol.
¹⁹⁽¹⁸⁾May lying lips be struck dumb,
that speak insolently against the righteous
with such pride and contempt.

²⁰⁽¹⁹⁾But oh, how great is your goodness,
which you have stored up for those who fear you,
which you do for those who take refuge in you,
before people’s very eyes!
²¹⁽²⁰⁾In the shelter of your presence
you hide them from human plots,
you conceal them in your shelter,
safe from contentious tongues.

²²⁽²¹⁾Blessed be Adonai!
For he has shown me his amazing grace
when I was in a city under siege.
²³⁽²²⁾As for me, in my alarm I said,
“I have been cut off from your sight!”
Nevertheless, you heard my pleas
when I cried out to you.

²⁴⁽²³⁾Love Adonai, you faithful of his.
Adonai preserves the loyal,
but the proud he repays in full.
²⁵⁽²⁴⁾Be strong, and fill your hearts with courage,
all of you who hope in Adonai.
32 ⁽⁰⁾By David. A maskil:

⁽¹⁾How blessed are those whose offense is forgiven,
those whose sin is covered!
²How blessed those to whom Adonai imputes no guilt,
in whose spirit is no deceit!

³When I kept silent, my bones wasted away
because of my groaning all day long;
⁴day and night your hand was heavy on me;
the sap in me dried up as in a summer drought. (Selah)

⁵When I acknowledged my sin to you,
when I stopped concealing my guilt,
and said, “I will confess my offenses to Adonai”;
then you, you forgave the guilt of my sin. (Selah)

⁶This is what everyone faithful should pray
at a time when you can be found.
Then, when the floodwaters are raging,
they will not reach to him.

⁷You are a hiding-place for me,
you will keep me from distress;
you will surround me
with songs of deliverance. (Selah)

⁸“I will instruct and teach you
in this way that you are to go;
I will give you counsel;
my eyes will be watching you.”

⁹Don’t be like a horse or mule
that has no understanding,
that has to be curbed with bit and bridle,
or else it won’t come near you.

¹⁰Many are the torments of the wicked,
but grace surrounds those who trust in Adonai.
¹¹Be glad in Adonai; rejoice, you righteous!
Shout for joy, all you upright in heart!

33 Rejoice in Adonai, you righteous!
Praise is well-suited to the upright.
²Give thanks to Adonai with the lyre,
sing praises to him with a ten-stringed harp.
³Sing to him a new song,
make music at your best among shouts of joy.
⁴For the word of Adonai is true,
and all his work is trustworthy.
⁵He loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is full of the grace of Adonai.

⁶By the word of Adonai the heavens were made,
and their whole host by a breath from his mouth.
⁷He collects the sea waters together in a heap;
he puts the deeps in storehouses.

⁸Let all the earth fear Adonai!
Let all living in the world stand in awe of him.
⁹For he spoke, and there it was;
he commanded, and there it stood.

¹⁰Adonai brings to nothing the plans of nations,
he foils the plans of the peoples.
¹¹But the counsel of Adonai stands forever,
his heart’s plans are for all generations.
¹²How blessed is the nation whose God is Adonai,
the people he chose as his heritage!

¹³Adonai looks out from heaven;
he sees every human being;
¹⁴from the place where he lives
he watches everyone living on earth,
¹⁵he who fashioned the hearts of them all
and understands all they do.

¹⁶A king is not saved by the size of his army,
a strong man not delivered by his great strength.
¹⁷To rely on a horse for safety is vain,
nor does its great power assure escape.

¹⁸But Adonai’s eyes watch over those who fear him,
over those who wait for his grace
¹⁹to rescue them from death
and keep them alive in famine.

²⁰We are waiting for Adonai;
he is our help and shield.
²¹For in him our hearts rejoice,
because we trust in his holy name.
²²May your mercy, Adonai, be over us,
because we put our hope in you.