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Psalm 31:22–23

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31:22I jumped to conclusions and said,41

“I am cut off from your presence!”42

But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.

31:23Love the Lord, all you faithful followers43 of his!

The Lord protects those who have integrity,

but he pays back in full the one who acts arrogantly.44

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Footnotes

  1. 41 Heb “and I, I said in my haste.”
  2. 42 Heb “from before your eyes.”
  3. 43 A “faithful follower” (חָסִיד, khasid) is one who does what is right in God’s eyes and remains faithful to God (see Pss 4:3; 12:1; 16:10; 31:23; 37:28; 86:2; 97:10).
  4. 44 The participial forms in the second and third lines characterize the Lord as one who typically protects the faithful and judges the proud.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I had said in my alarm,

“I am cut off from your sight.”

But you heard the voice of my pleas for mercy

when I cried to you for help.

Love the Lord, all you his saints!

The Lord preserves the faithful

but abundantly repays the one who acts in pride.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

In my alarm I said,

“I am cut off from your sight!”

Yet you heard my cry for mercy

when I called to you for help.

Love the Lord, all his faithful people!

The Lord preserves those who are true to him,

but the proud he pays back in full.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

In my alarm I said,

“I am cut off from your sight.”

But you heard the sound of my pleading

when I cried to you for help.

Love the Lord, all his faithful ones.

The Lord protects the loyal,

but fully repays the arrogant.

NLTNew Living Translation

In panic I cried out,

“I am cut off from the Lord!”

But you heard my cry for mercy

and answered my call for help.

Love the Lord, all you godly ones!

For the Lord protects those who are loyal to him,

but he harshly punishes the arrogant.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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.

Love Yahweh, all you his faithful ones.

Yahweh preserves the faithful

but repays abundantly the one who acts arrogantly.

KJV 1900King James Version

For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes:

Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.

O love the Lord, all ye his saints:

For the Lord preserveth the faithful,

And plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.