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Psalms 31
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1(32) [A Psalm] of instruction by David. Blessed [are they] whose transgressions are forgiven, and who sins are covered.
1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Let me never be disappointed. Deliver me in your righteousness.
2Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin, and whose mouth there is no guile.
2Bow down your ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be to me a strong rock, a house of defense to save me.
3Because I kept silence, my bones waxed old, from my crying all the day.
3For you are my rock and my fortress, therefore for your name’s sake lead me and guide me.
4For day and night your hand was heavy upon me: I became thoroughly miserable while a thorn was fastened in [me]. Pause.
4Pluck me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, for you are my stronghold.
5I acknowledged my sin, and hid not my iniquity: I said, I will confess my iniquity to the Lord against myself; and you forgave the ungodliness of my heart. Pause.
5Into your hand I commend my spirit. You redeem me, Yahweh, God of truth.
6Therefore shall every holy one pray to you in a fit time: only in the deluge of many waters they shall not come near to him.
6I hate those who regard lying vanities, but I trust in Yahweh.
7You are my refuge from the affliction that encompasses me; my joy, to deliver me from them that have compassed me. Pause.
7I will be glad and rejoice in your loving kindness, for you have seen my affliction. You have known my soul in adversities.
8I will instruct you and guide you in this way wherein you shall go: I will fix my eyes upon you.
8You have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy. You have set my feet in a large place.
9Be you⌃ not as horse and mule, which have no understanding; [but you must] constrain their jaws with bit and curb, lest they should come near to you.
9Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am in distress. My eye, my soul, and my body waste away with grief.
10Many are the scourges of the sinner: but him that hopes in the Lord mercy shall compass about.
10For my life is spent with sorrow, my years with sighing. My strength fails because of my iniquity. My bones are wasted away.
11Be glad in the Lord, and exult, you⌃ righteous: and glory, all you⌃ that are upright in heart.
11Because of all my adversaries I have become utterly contemptible to my neighbors, a horror to my acquaintances. Those who saw me on the street fled from me.