nsb - Psalms:31

nsb@Psalms:31:1 @ I have taken refuge in you, O Jehovah. Never let me be put to shame. Deliver me because of your righteousness.

nsb@Psalms:31:2 @ Turn your ear toward me. Rescue me quickly. Be a rock of refuge for me, a stronghold fortress to save me.

nsb@Psalms:31:3 @ You are my rock and my stronghold. For the sake of your name, lead me and guide me.

nsb@Psalms:31:4 @ You are my refuge. Pull me out of the net that they have secretly laid for me.

nsb@Psalms:31:5 @ Into your hands I entrust my spirit. You have redeemed me, O Jehovah, God of truth.

nsb@Psalms:31:6 @ I hate those who cling to false gods, but I do trust in Jehovah.

nsb@Psalms:31:7 @ I will rejoice and be glad because of your loving-kindness. You have seen my misery. You have known my troubles.

nsb@Psalms:31:8 @ You have not handed me over to the hand of the enemy. You have set my feet in a large place.

nsb@Psalms:31:9 @ Be gracious to me, O Jehovah, because I am in distress. My eyes, my life, and my body waste away with grief.

nsb@Psalms:31:10 @ My life is spent from sorrow, my years from groaning. My strength staggers under the weight of my guilt, and my bones waste away.

nsb@Psalms:31:11 @ 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.

nsb@Psalms:31:12 @ I have faded from memory as if I were dead and have become like a piece of broken pottery.

nsb@Psalms:31:13 @ 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.

nsb@Psalms:31:14 @ I trust you, O Jehovah. I said: »You are my God.«

nsb@Psalms:31:15 @ My future is in your hands. Rescue me from my enemies, from those who persecute me.

nsb@Psalms:31:16 @ Make your face shine on me. Save me in your loving-kindness.

nsb@Psalms:31:17 @ O Jehovah, 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.

nsb@Psalms:31:18 @ Let their lying lips be speechless, since they speak against righteous people with arrogance and contempt.

nsb@Psalms:31:19 @ Your goodness is so great! You reserve it for those who respect you. The sons of men watch as you show it to those who take refuge in you.

nsb@Psalms:31:20 @ You hide them in the secret place of your presence from those who scheme against them. You keep them in a secret shelter, safe from quarrelsome tongues.

nsb@Psalms:31:21 @ Blessed is Jehovah! He has shown me the miracle of his loving-kindness in a city under attack.

nsb@Psalms:31:22 @ 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.

nsb@Psalms:31:23 @ Love Jehovah, all you godly ones! Jehovah protects faithful people, but he pays back in full those who act arrogantly.

nsb@Psalms:31:24 @ Be strong, all who wait with hope for Jehovah, and let your heart be courageous.