Psalm 31
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
Let me never be disappointed.
Deliver me in your righteousness.
Deliver me speedily.
Be to me a strong rock,
a house of defense to save me.
therefore for your name’s sake lead me and guide me.
for you are my stronghold.
You redeem me, Yahweh, God of truth.
but I trust in Yahweh.
for you have seen my affliction.
You have known my soul in adversities.
You have set my feet in a large place.
My eye, my soul, and my body waste away with grief.
my years with sighing.
My strength fails because of my iniquity.
My bones are wasted away.
a horror to my acquaintances.
Those who saw me on the street fled from me.
I am like broken pottery.
while they conspire together against me,
they plot to take away my life.
I said, “You are my God.”
Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.
Save me in your loving kindness.
Let the wicked be disappointed.
Let them be silent in Sheol.
which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.
which you have laid up for those who fear you,
which you have worked for those who take refuge in you,
before the sons of men!
You will keep them secretly in a dwelling away from the strife of tongues.
for he has shown me his marvelous loving kindness in a strong city.
Nevertheless you heard the voice of my petitions when I cried to you.
Yahweh preserves the faithful,
and fully recompenses him who behaves arrogantly.
all you who hope in Yahweh.