1 To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.
2 \31:1\In you, O Lord, have I put my hope; let me never be shamed; keep me safe in your righteousness.
3 \31:2\Let your ear be turned to me; take me quickly out of danger; be my strong Rock, my place of strength where I may be safe.
4 \31:3\For you are my Rock and my strong tower; go in front of me and be my guide, because of your name.
5 \31:4\Take me out of the net which they have put ready for me secretly; for you are my strength.
6 \31:5\Into your hands I give my spirit; you are my saviour, O Lord God for ever true.
7 \31:6\I am full of hate for those who go after false gods; but my hope is in the Lord.
8 \31:7\I will be glad and have delight in your mercy; because you have seen my trouble; you have had pity on my soul in its sorrows;
9 \31:8\And you have not given me into the hand of my hater; you have put my feet in a wide place.
10 \31:9\Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; my eyes are wasted with grief, I am wasted in soul and body.
11 \31:10\My life goes on in sorrow, and my years in weeping; my strength is almost gone because of my sin, and my bones are wasted away.
12 \31:11\Because of all those who are against me, I have become a word of shame to my neighbours; a cause of shaking the head and a fear to my friends: those who saw me in the street went in flight from me.
13 \31:12\I have gone from men's minds and memory like a dead man; I am like a broken vessel.
14 \31:13\False statements against me have come to my ears; fear was on every side: they were talking together against me, designing to take away my life.
15 \31:14\But I had faith in you, O Lord; I said, You are my God.
16 \31:15\The chances of my life are in your hand; take me out of the hands of my haters, and of those who go after me.
17 \31:16\Let your servant see the light of your face; in your mercy be my saviour.
18 \31:17\Let me not be shamed, O Lord, for I have made my prayer to you; let the sinners be shamed, and let their mouths be shut in the underworld.
19 \31:18\Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.
20 \31:19\O how great is your grace, which you have put in store for your worshippers, and which you have made clear to those who had faith in you, before the sons of men!
21 \31:20\You will keep them safe in your house from the designs of man; in the secret of your tent will you keep them from angry tongues.
22 \31:21\May the Lord be praised, because he has made clear to me the wonder of his grace in a strong town.
23 \31:22\And as for me, I said in my fear, I am cut off from before your eyes; but you gave ear to the voice of my prayer, when my cry went up to you.
24 \31:23\O have love for the Lord, all you his saints; for the Lord keeps safe from danger all those who are true to him, and gives the workers of pride their right reward.
25 \31:24\Put away fear and let your heart be strong, all you whose hope is in the Lord.
1 耶和华啊！ 我投靠你； 求你使我永不羞愧， 求你按着你的公义搭救我。
2 求你留心听我， 赶快拯救我； 求你作我坚固的磐石， 作拯救我的坚垒。
3 因为你是我的岩石、我的坚垒； 为你名的缘故， 求你带领我， 引导我。
4 求你救我脱离人为我暗设的网罗， 因为你是我的避难所。
5 我把我的灵魂交在你手里， 耶和华信实的 神啊！ 你救赎了我。
6 我恨恶那些信奉虚无偶像的人； 至于我， 我却倚靠耶和华。
7 我要因你的慈爱欢喜快乐， 因为你看见了我的困苦， 知道我心中的痛苦；
8 你没有把我交在仇敌的手里， 你使我的脚站稳在宽阔之地。
9 耶和华啊！ 求你恩待我， 因为我在患难之中； 我的眼睛因愁烦昏花， 我的身、我的心也都衰残。
10 我的生命因愁苦耗尽， 我的岁月在叹息中消逝， 我的力量因罪孽衰退， 我的骨头也枯干。
11 我因众仇敌的缘故， 成了众人羞辱的对象， 在我的邻居面前更是这样； 认识我的人都惧怕我； 在街上看见我的， 都避开我。
12 我被人完全忘记， 如同死了的人， 我好像破碎的器皿，
13 我听见许多人的毁谤， 四周都有惊吓； 他们一同商议攻击我， 图谋要取我的性命。
14 但是， 耶和华啊！ 我还是倚靠你； 我说： "你是我的 神。"
15 我的一生都在你的手中； 求你救我脱离我仇敌的手， 和那些迫害我的人。
16 求你用你的脸光照你的仆人， 以你的慈爱拯救我。
17 耶和华啊！ 求你不要使我羞愧， 因为我向你呼求； 求你使恶人羞愧， 使他们在阴间静寂无声。
18 那些逞骄傲， 态度轻慢， 说话狂傲攻击义人的， 愿他们说谎的嘴唇哑而无声。
19 耶和华啊！ 你为敬畏你的人所珍藏的好处， 为投靠你的人在世人面前所施行的恩惠， 是多么丰盛。
20 你把他们藏在你面前的隐密处， 免得他们陷在世人的阴谋里； 又把他们保护在帐棚内， 以免落在口舌的争竞中。
21 耶和华是应当称颂的， 因为我在被围困的城里， 他就向我显出他奇妙的慈爱。
22 至于我， 我曾在惊恐中说： "我从你眼前被隔绝"； 可是我向你呼求的时候， 你还是垂听了我恳求的声音。
23 耶和华的众圣民哪！ 你们都要爱耶和华； 耶和华保护诚实的人， 却严厉地报应行事骄傲的人。
24 所有仰望耶和华的人， 你们都要刚强， 坚固你们的心。