Psalm 31–32

PSALM 31

Into Your Hand I Commit My Spirit

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.

^1aIn You, O Yahweh, I have taken refuge;

Let me never ^bbe ashamed;

^cIn Your righteousness protect me.

^2aIncline Your ear to me, deliver me quickly;

Be to me a ^brock of ¹strength,

A fortress to save me.

³For You are my ^1ahigh rock and my fortress;

For ^bYour name’s sake You will lead me and guide me.

⁴You will ^abring me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me,

For You are my ^bstrength.

^5aInto Your hand I commit my spirit;

You have ^bransomed me, O Yahweh, ^cGod of truth.

⁶I hate those who ^aregard worthless idols,

But I ^btrust in Yahweh.

⁷I will ^arejoice and be glad in Your lovingkindness,

Because You have ^bseen my affliction;

You have known the troubles of my soul,

⁸And You have not ^agiven me over into the hand of the enemy;

You have set my feet in a large place.

⁹Be gracious to me, O Yahweh, for ^aI am in distress;

My ^beye is wasted away from grief, ^cmy soul and ¹my body also.

¹⁰For my life is worn down with ^asorrow

And my years with sighing;

My ^bstrength fails because of my iniquity,

And ^cmy bones waste away.

¹¹Among all my adversaries, I have become a ^areproach,

Especially to my ^bneighbors,

And an object of dread to my acquaintances;

Those who see me in the street flee from me.

¹²I am ^aforgotten like a dead man—out of ¹mind—

I am like a broken vessel.

¹³For I have heard ^1athe bad report of many,

^bTerror is on every side;

While they ^ctook counsel together against me,

They ^dschemed to take my life.

¹⁴But as for me, I trust in You, O Yahweh,

I say, “^aYou are my God.”

¹⁵My ^atimes are in Your hand;

^bDeliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those who pursue me.

¹⁶Make Your ^aface to shine upon Your slave;

^bSave me in Your lovingkindness.

¹⁷O Yahweh, let me not be ^aput to shame, for I call upon You;

Let the ^bwicked be put to shame, let them ^cbe silent in Sheol.

¹⁸Let the ^alying lips be mute,

Which ^bspeak arrogantly against the righteous

With lofty pride and contempt.

¹⁹How great is Your ^agoodness,

Which You have stored up for those who fear You,

Which You have worked for those who ^btake refuge in You,

^cBefore the sons of men!

²⁰You hide them in the ^asecret place of Your presence from the ^bconspiracies of man;

You keep them secretly in a ¹shelter from the ^cstrife of tongues.

^21aBlessed be Yahweh,

For He has made ^bmarvelous His lovingkindness to me in a besieged ^ccity.

²²As for me, ^aI said in my alarm,

“I am ^bcut off from before Your eyes”;

Nevertheless, You ^cheard the voice of my supplications

When I cried to You for help.

²³Oh, love Yahweh, all you ^aHis holy ones!

Yahweh ^bguards the faithful

But ^crepays fully the one who acts in lofty pride.

^24aBe strong and let your heart take courage,

All you who wait for Yahweh.

PSALM 32

You Forgave the Iniquity of My Sin

Of David. A ^†Maskil.

^1aHow blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven,

Whose sin is covered!

²How blessed is the man whose iniquity Yahweh ^awill not take into account,

And in whose spirit there is ^bno deceit!

³When ^aI kept silent about my sin, ^bmy ¹bones wasted away

Through my ^2cgroaning all day long.

⁴For day and night ^aYour hand was heavy upon me;

My ^1bvitality was drained away as with the heat of summer. ²Selah.

⁵I ^aacknowledged my sin to You,

And my iniquity I ^bdid not cover up;

I said, “^cI will confess my transgressions to Yahweh;”

And You ^dforgave the ¹iniquity of my sin. Selah.

⁶Therefore, let every holy one pray to You ^1aat a time when You may be found;

Surely ^bin a flood of great waters they will not reach him.

⁷You are ^amy hiding place; You ^bguard me from trouble;

You surround me with ^1csongs of deliverance. Selah.

⁸I will ^agive you insight and teach you in the way which you should go;

I will counsel you ^bwith My eye upon you.

⁹Do not be ^aas the horse or as the mule which have no understanding,

Whose harness are bit and bridle to control them,

Otherwise they will not come near you.

¹⁰Many are the ^asorrows of the wicked,

But ^bhe who trusts in Yahweh, lovingkindness shall surround him.

¹¹Be ^aglad in Yahweh and rejoice, you righteous ones;

And shout for joy, all you who are ^bupright in heart.