Psalm 31
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
David, shewing his confidence in God, craves his help Psalm 31.1-24
In You, O Yhwh, do I put my trust and seek refuge; let me never be put to shame or [have my hope in You] disappointed; deliver me in Your righteousness!
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Bow down Your ear to me, deliver me speedily! Be my Rock of refuge, a strong Fortress to save me!3
Yes, You are my Rock and my Fortress; therefore for Your name's sake lead me and guide me,4
draw me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, for You are my Strength and my Stronghold.5
Into Your hands I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O Yhwh, the God of truth and faithfulness. [Luke 23.46; Acts 7.59]6
[You and] I abhor those who pay regard to vain idols; but I trust in, rely on, and confidently lean on Yhwh.7
I will be glad and rejoice in Your mercy and steadfast love, because You have seen my affliction, You have taken note of my life's distresses,8
and You have not given me into the hand of the enemy; You have set my feet in a broad place.9
Have mercy and be gracious unto me, O Yhwh, for I am in trouble; with grief my eye is weakened, also my inner self and my body.10
For my life is spent with sorrow and my years with sighing; my strength has failed because of my iniquity, and even my bones have wasted away.11
To all my enemies I have become a reproach, but especially to my neighbors, and a dread to my acquaintances, who flee from me on the street.12
I am forgotten like a dead man, and out of mind; like a broken vessel am I.13
For I have heard the slander of many; terror is on every side! While they schemed together against me, they plotted to take my life.14
But I trusted in, relied on, and was confident in You, O Yhwh; I said, "You are my God."15
My times are in Your hands; deliver me from the hands of my foes and those who pursue me and persecute me.16
Let Your face shine on Your servant; save me for Your mercy's sake and in Your loving-kindness.17
Let me not be put to shame, O Yhwh, or disappointed, for I am calling upon You; let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol (the place of the dead).18
Let the lying lips be silenced, which speak insolently against the [consistently] righteous with pride and contempt.19
Oh, how great is Your goodness, which You have laid up for those who fear, revere, and worship You, goodness which You have wrought for those who trust and take refuge in You before the sons of men!20
In the secret place of Your presence You hide them from the plots of men; You keep them secretly in Your pavilion from the strife of tongues.21
Blessed be Yhwh! For He has shown me His marvelous loving favor when I was beset as in a besieged city.22
As for me, I said in my haste and alarm, "I am cut off from before Your eyes." But You heard the voice of my supplications when I cried to You for aid.23
O love Yhwh, all you His saints! Yhwh preserves the faithful, and plentifully pays back him who deals haughtily.24
Be strong and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for and hope for and expect Yhwh!
Psalm 32
[A Psalm of David.] A skillful song, or a didactic or reflective poem.
Blessedness of him whose sins are forgiven Psalm 32.1-11
Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is he who has forgiveness of his transgression continually exercised upon him, whose sin is covered.
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Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man to whom Yhwh imputes no iniquity and in whose spirit there is do deceit. [Rom 4.7,8]3
When I kept silence [before I confessed], my bones wasted away through my groaning all the day long.4
For day and night Your hand [of displeasure] was heavy upon me; my moisture was turned into the drought of summer.Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!
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I acknowledge my sin to You, and my iniquity I did not hide. I said, "I will confess my transgressions to Yhwh [continually unfolding the past till al is told] - then You [instantly] forgave me the guilt and iniquity of my sin.Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!
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For this [forgiveness] let everyone who is godly pray - pray to You in a time when You may be found; surely when the great waters [of trial] overflow, they shall not reach [the spirit in] him.7
You are my hiding place for me; You, Yhwh, preserve me from trouble, You surround me with songs and shouts of deliverance.Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!
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I [Yhwh] will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you.9
Be not like the horse or the mule, which lack understanding, which must have their mouths held firm with bit and bridle, or else they will not come with you.10
Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but he who trusts in, relies on, and confidently leans on Yhwh shall be compassed about with mercy and with loving-kindness.11
Be glad in Yhwh and rejoice, you [uncompromisingly] righteous [you who are upright and in right standing with Him]; shout for you, all you upright in heart!
Psalm 33
God to be praised for His goodness and His power Psalm 33.1-22
Rejoice in Yhwh, O you [uncompromisingly] righteous [you upright in right standing with God]; for praise is becoming and appropriate for those who are upright [in heart].
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Give thanks to Yhwh with the lyre; sing praises to Him with the harp of ten strings.3
Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully [on the string] with a loud and joyful sound.He exhorts others to praise Him Psalm 30.4-12
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For the word of Yhwh is right; and all His work is done in faithfulness.5
He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the loving-kindness of Yhwh.6
By the word of Yhwh were the heavens made, and all their host by the breath of His mouth. [Heb 1.13; 2Pet 3.5]7
He gathers the waters of the sea as in a bottle; He puts the deeps in storage places.8
Let all the earth fear Yhwh [revere and worship Him]; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.9
For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.10
Yhwh brings the counsel of the nations to nought; He makes the thoughts and plans of the peoples of no effect.11
The counsel of Yhwh stands forever, the thoughts of His heart through all generations.12
Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the nation whose God is Yhwh, the people He has chosen as His heritage.13
Yhwh looks form heaven, He beholds all the sons of men.14
From His dwelling place He looks [intently] upon all the inhabitants of the earth -15
He Who fashions the hearts of them all, Who considers all their doings.16
No king is saved by the great size and power of his army; a mighty man is not delivered by [his] much strength.17
A horse is devoid of value for victory; neither does he deliver any be his great power.18
Behold, Yhwh's eyes is upon those who fear Him [who revere and worship Him with awe], who wait for Him and hope in His mercy and loving-kindness,19
to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.20
Our inner selves wait [earnestly] for Yhwh; He is our Help and our Shield.21
For in Him does our heart rejoice, because we have trusted (relied on and been confident) in His holy name.22
Let Your mercy and loving-kindness, O Yhwh, be upon us, in proportion to our waiting and hoping for You.