Psalms 31 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 [For the choir director; a psalm by David.] I have taken refuge in you, O LORD. Never let me be put to shame. Save me because of your righteousness. In you, O LORD, do I take refuge; let me never be put to shame; in your righteousness deliver me! For the director of music. A psalm of David. In you, LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; deliver me in your righteousness.
2 Turn your ear toward me. Rescue me quickly. Be a rock of refuge for me, a strong fortress to save me. Incline your ear to me; rescue me speedily! Be a rock of refuge for me, a strong fortress to save me! Turn your ear to me, come quickly to my rescue; be my rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save me.
3 Indeed, you are my rock and my fortress. For the sake of your name, lead me and guide me. For you are my rock and my fortress; and for your name’s sake you lead me and guide me; Since you are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of your name lead and guide me.
4 You are my refuge, so pull me out of the net that they have secretly laid for me. you take me out of the net they have hidden for me, for you are my refuge. Keep me free from the trap that is set for me, for you are my refuge.
5 Into your hands I entrust my spirit. You have rescued me, O LORD, God of truth. Into your hand I commit my spirit; you have redeemed me, O LORD, faithful God. Into your hands I commit my spirit; deliver me, LORD, my faithful God.
6 I hate those who cling to false gods, but I trust the LORD. I hate those who pay regard to worthless idols, but I trust in the LORD. I hate those who cling to worthless idols; as for me, I trust in the LORD.
7 I will rejoice and be glad because of your mercy. You have seen my misery. You have known the troubles in my soul. I will rejoice and be glad in your steadfast love, because you have seen my affliction; you have known the distress of my soul, I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for you saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul.
8 You have not handed me over to the enemy. You have set my feet in a place where I can move freely. and you have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy; you have set my feet in a broad place. You have not given me into the hands of the enemy but have set my feet in a spacious place.
9 Have pity on me, O LORD, because I am in distress. My eyes, my soul, and my body waste away from grief. Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eye is wasted from grief; my soul and my body also. Be merciful to me, LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and body with grief.
10 My life is exhausted from sorrow, my years from groaning. My strength staggers under [the weight of] my guilt, and my bones waste away. For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones waste away. My life is consumed by anguish and my years by groaning; my strength fails because of my affliction, and my bones grow weak.
11 I have become a disgrace because of all my opponents. I have become someone dreaded by my friends, even by my neighbors. Those who see me on the street run away from me. Because of all my adversaries I have become a reproach, especially to my neighbors, and an object of dread to my acquaintances; those who see me in the street flee from me. Because of all my enemies, I am the utter contempt of my neighbors and an object of dread to my closest friends— those who see me on the street flee from me.
12 I have faded from memory as if I were dead and have become like a piece of broken pottery. I have been forgotten like one who is dead; I have become like a broken vessel. I am forgotten as though I were dead; I have become like broken pottery.
13 I have heard the whispering of many people- terror on every side- while they made plans together against me. They were plotting to take my life. For I hear the whispering of many— terror on every side!— as they scheme together against me, as they plot to take my life. For I hear many whispering, “Terror on every side!” They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
14 I trust you, O LORD. I said, |You are my God.| But I trust in you, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.” But I trust in you, LORD; I say, “You are my God.”
15 My future is in your hands. Rescue me from my enemies, from those who persecute me. My times are in your hand; rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors! My times are in your hands; deliver me from the hands of my enemies, from those who pursue me.
16 Smile on me. Save me with your mercy. Make your face shine on your servant; save me in your steadfast love! Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love.
17 O LORD, I have called on you, so do not let me be put to shame. Let wicked people be put to shame. Let them be silent in the grave. O LORD, let me not be put to shame, for I call upon you; let the wicked be put to shame; let them go silently to Sheol. Let me not be put to shame, LORD, for I have cried out to you; but let the wicked be put to shame and be silent in the realm of the dead.
18 Let [their] lying lips be speechless, since they speak against righteous people with arrogance and contempt. Let the lying lips be mute, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt. Let their lying lips be silenced, for with pride and contempt they speak arrogantly against the righteous.
19 Your kindness is so great! You reserve it for those who fear you. Adam's descendants watch as you show it to those who take refuge in you. 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, in the sight of the children of mankind! How abundant are the good things that you have stored up for those who fear you, that you bestow in the sight of all, on those who take refuge in you.
20 You hide them in the secret place of your presence from those who scheme against them. You keep them in a shelter, safe from quarrelsome tongues. In the cover of your presence you hide them from the plots of men; you store them in your shelter from the strife of tongues. In the shelter of your presence you hide them from all human intrigues; you keep them safe in your dwelling from accusing tongues.
21 Thank the LORD! He has shown me the miracle of his mercy in a city under attack. Blessed be the LORD, for he has wondrously shown his steadfast love to me when I was in a besieged city. Praise be to the LORD, for he showed me the wonders of his love when I was in a city under siege.
22 When I was panic-stricken, I said, |I have been cut off from your sight.| But you heard my pleas for mercy when I cried out to you for help. 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. 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.
23 Love the LORD, all you godly ones! The LORD protects faithful people, but he pays back in full those who act arrogantly. Love the LORD, all you his saints! The LORD preserves the faithful but abundantly repays the one who acts in pride. Love the LORD, all his faithful people! The LORD preserves those who are true to him, but the proud he pays back in full.
24 Be strong, all who wait with hope for the LORD, and let your heart be courageous. Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the LORD! Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the LORD.
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