Psalm 31-34

New American Standard Bible 1995

⁶ I hate those who ^(M)regard ^[d]vain idols,
But I ^(N)trust in the Lord.
⁷ I will ^(O)rejoice and be glad in Your lovingkindness,
Because You have ^(P)seen my affliction;
You have known the troubles of my soul,
⁸ And You have not ^(Q)given me over into the hand of the enemy;
You have set my feet in a large place.

⁹ Be gracious to me, O Lord, for ^(R)I am in distress;
My ^(S)eye is wasted away from grief, ^(T)my soul and my body also.
¹⁰ For my life is spent with ^(U)sorrow
And my years with sighing;
My ^(V)strength has failed because of my iniquity,
And ^(W)my ^[e]body has wasted away.
¹¹ Because of all my adversaries, I have become a ^(X)reproach,
Especially to my ^(Y)neighbors,
And an object of dread to my acquaintances;
Those who see me in the street flee from me.
¹² I am ^(Z)forgotten as a dead man, out of mind;
I am like a broken vessel.
¹³ For I have heard the ^[f](AA)slander of many,
^(AB)Terror is on every side;
While they ^(AC)took counsel together against me,
They ^(AD)schemed to take away my life.

¹⁴ But as for me, I trust in You, O Lord,
I say, “^(AE)You are my God.”
¹⁵ My ^(AF)times are in Your hand;
^(AG)Deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those who persecute me.
¹⁶ Make Your ^(AH)face to shine upon Your servant;
^(AI)Save me in Your lovingkindness.
¹⁷ Let me not be ^(AJ)put to shame, O Lord, for I call upon You;
Let the ^(AK)wicked be put to shame, let them ^(AL)be silent in ^[g]Sheol.
¹⁸ Let the ^(AM)lying lips be mute,
Which ^(AN)speak arrogantly against the righteous
With pride and contempt.

¹⁹ How great is Your ^(AO)goodness,
Which You have stored up for those who fear You,
Which You have wrought for those who ^(AP)take refuge in You,
^(AQ)Before the sons of men!
²⁰ You hide them in the ^(AR)secret place of Your presence from the ^(AS)conspiracies of man;
You keep them secretly in a ^[h]shelter from the ^(AT)strife of tongues.
^21 (AU)Blessed be the Lord,
For He has made ^(AV)marvelous His lovingkindness to me in a besieged ^(AW)city.
²² As for me, ^(AX)I said in my alarm,
“I am ^(AY)cut off from before Your eyes”;
Nevertheless You ^(AZ)heard the voice of my supplications
When I cried to You.

²³ O love the Lord, all you ^(BA)His godly ones!
The Lord ^(BB)preserves the faithful
And fully ^(BC)recompenses the proud doer.
^24 (BD)Be strong and let your heart take courage,
All you who ^[i]hope in the Lord.

³ When ^(BH)I kept silent about my sin, ^(BI)my ^[k]body wasted away
Through my ^[l](BJ)groaning all day long.
⁴ For day and night ^(BK)Your hand was heavy upon me;
My ^[m](BL)vitality was drained away as with the fever heat of summer. ^[n]Selah.
⁵ I ^(BM)acknowledged my sin to You,
And my iniquity I ^(BN)did not hide;
I said, “^(BO)I will confess my transgressions to the Lord”;
And You ^(BP)forgave the ^[o]guilt of my sin. Selah.
⁶ Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to You ^[p](BQ)in a time when You may be found;
Surely ^(BR)in a flood of great waters they will not reach him.
⁷ You are ^(BS)my hiding place; You ^(BT)preserve me from trouble;
You surround me with ^[q](BU)songs of deliverance. Selah.

⁸ I will ^(BV)instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go;
I will counsel you ^(BW)with My eye upon you.
⁹ Do not be ^(BX)as the horse or as the mule which have no understanding,
Whose trappings include bit and bridle to hold them in check,
Otherwise they will not come near to you.
¹⁰ Many are the ^(BY)sorrows of the wicked,
But ^(BZ)he who trusts in the Lord, lovingkindness shall surround him.
¹¹ Be ^(CA)glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous ones;
And shout for joy, all you who are ^(CB)upright in heart.

⁶ By the ^(CM)word of the Lord the heavens were made,
And ^(CN)by the breath of His mouth ^(CO)all their host.
⁷ He gathers the ^(CP)waters of the sea together ^[r]as a heap;
He lays up the deeps in storehouses.
⁸ Let ^(CQ)all the earth fear the Lord;
Let all the inhabitants of the world ^(CR)stand in awe of Him.
⁹ For ^(CS)He spoke, and it was done;
He commanded, and it ^[s]stood fast.
¹⁰ The Lord ^(CT)nullifies the counsel of the nations;
He frustrates the plans of the peoples.
¹¹ The ^(CU)counsel of the Lord stands forever,
The ^(CV)plans of His heart from generation to generation.
¹² Blessed is the ^(CW)nation whose God is the Lord,
The people whom He has ^(CX)chosen for His own inheritance.

¹³ The Lord ^(CY)looks from heaven;
He ^(CZ)sees all the sons of men;
¹⁴ From ^(DA)His dwelling place He looks out
On all the inhabitants of the earth,
¹⁵ He who ^(DB)fashions ^[t]the hearts of them all,
He who ^(DC)understands all their works.
^16 (DD)The king is not saved by a mighty army;
A warrior is not delivered by great strength.
¹⁷ A ^(DE)horse is a false hope for victory;
Nor does it deliver anyone by its great strength.

¹⁸ Behold, ^(DF)the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him,
On those who ^[u](DG)hope for His lovingkindness,
¹⁹ To ^(DH)deliver their soul from death
And to keep them alive ^(DI)in famine.
²⁰ Our soul ^(DJ)waits for the Lord;
He is our ^(DK)help and our shield.
²¹ For our ^(DL)heart rejoices in Him,
Because we trust in His holy name.
²² Let Your lovingkindness, O Lord, be upon us,
According as we have ^[v]hoped in You.

⁴ I ^(DS)sought the Lord, and He answered me,
And ^(DT)delivered me from all my fears.
⁵ They ^(DU)looked to Him and were radiant,
And their faces will ^(DV)never be ashamed.
⁶ This ^[y]poor man cried, and ^(DW)the Lord heard him
And saved him out of all his troubles.
⁷ The ^(DX)angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him,
And rescues them.

⁸ O ^(DY)taste and see that the Lord is good;
How ^(DZ)blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!
⁹ O fear the Lord, you ^(EA)His saints;
For to those who fear Him there is ^(EB)no want.
¹⁰ The young lions do lack and suffer hunger;
But they who seek the Lord shall ^(EC)not be in want of any good thing.
^11 (ED)Come, you children, listen to me;
^(EE)I will teach you ^(EF)the fear of the Lord.
^12 (EG)Who is the man who desires life
And loves length of days that he may ^(EH)see good?
¹³ Keep ^(EI)your tongue from evil
And your lips from speaking ^(EJ)deceit.
^14 (EK)Depart from evil and do good;
Seek peace and ^(EL)pursue it.

¹⁵ The ^(EM)eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous
And His ears are open to their cry.
¹⁶ The ^(EN)face of the Lord is against evildoers,
To ^(EO)cut off the memory of them from the earth.
¹⁷ The righteous ^(EP)cry, and the Lord hears
And delivers them out of all their troubles.
¹⁸ The Lord ^(EQ)is near to the ^(ER)brokenhearted
And saves those who are ^[z](ES)crushed in spirit.

^19 (ET)Many are the ^(EU)afflictions of the righteous,
But the Lord ^(EV)delivers him out of them all.
²⁰ He keeps all his bones,
^(EW)Not one of them is broken.
^21 (EX)Evil shall slay the wicked,
And those who hate the righteous will be ^[aa]condemned.
²² The Lord ^(EY)redeems the soul of His servants,
And none of those who ^(EZ)take refuge in Him will be ^[ab]condemned.