13:1<To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> Will you for ever put me out of your memory, O Lord? will your face for ever be turned away from me? 13:2How long is my soul to be in doubt, with sorrow in my heart all the day? how long will he who is against me be given power over me? 13:3Let my voice come before you, and give me an answer, O Lord my God; let your light be shining on me, so that the sleep of death may not overtake me; 13:4And he who is against me may not say, I have overcome him; and those who are troubling me may not be glad when I am moved. 13:5But I have had faith in your mercy; my heart will be glad in your salvation. 13:6I will make a song to the Lord, because he has given me my reward.
14:1<To the chief music-maker. Of David.> The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good. 14:2The Lord was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God. 14:3They have all gone out of the way together; they are unclean, there is not one who does good, no, not one. 14:4Have all the workers of evil no knowledge? they take my people for food as they would take bread; they make no prayer to the Lord. 14:5Then were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the upright. 14:6You have put to shame the thoughts of the poor, but the Lord is his support. 14:7May the salvation of Israel come out of Zion! when the fate of his people is changed by the Lord, Jacob will have joy and Israel will be glad.
15:1<A Psalm. Of David.> Lord, who may have a resting-place in your tent, a living-place on your holy hill? 15:2He who goes on his way uprightly, doing righteousness, and saying what is true in his heart; 15:3Whose tongue is not false, who does no evil to his friend, and does not take away the good name of his neighbour; 15:4Who gives honour to those who have the fear of the Lord, turning away from him who has not the Lord's approval. He who takes an oath against himself, and makes no change. 15:5He who does not put out his money at interest, or for payment give false decisions against men who have done no wrong. He who does these things will never be moved.
16:1<Michtam. Of David.> Keep me safe, O God: for in you I have put my faith. 16:2O my soul, you have said to the Lord, You are my Lord: I have no good but you. 16:3As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the noble in whom is all my delight. 16:4Their sorrows will be increased who go after another god: I will not take drink offerings from their hands, or take their names on my lips. 16:5The Lord is my heritage and the wine of my cup; you are the supporter of my right. 16:6Fair are the places marked out for me; I have a noble heritage. 16:7I will give praise to the Lord who has been my guide; knowledge comes to me from my thoughts in the night. 16:8I have put the Lord before me at all times; because he is at my right hand, I will not be moved. 16:9Because of this my heart is glad, and my glory is full of joy: while my flesh takes its rest in hope. 16:10For you will not let my soul be prisoned in the underworld; you will not let your loved one see the place of death. 16:11You will make clear to me the way of life; where you are joy is complete; in your right hand there are pleasures for ever and ever.
17:1<A Prayer. Of David.> Let my cause come to your ears, O Lord, give attention to my cry; give ear to my prayer which goes not out from false lips. 17:2Be my judge; for your eyes see what is right. 17:3You have put my heart to the test, searching me in the night; you have put me to the test and seen no evil purpose in me; I will keep my mouth from sin. 17:4As for the works of men, by the word of your lips I have kept myself from the ways of the violent. 17:5I have kept my feet in your ways, my steps have not been turned away. 17:6My cry has gone up to you, for you will give me an answer, O God: let your ear be turned to me, and give attention to my words. 17:7Make clear the wonder of your mercy, O saviour of those who put their faith in your right hand, from those who come out against them. 17:8Keep me as the light of your eyes, covering me with the shade of your wings, 17:9From the evil-doers who are violent to me, and from those who are round me, desiring my death. 17:10They are shut up in their fat: with their mouths they say words of pride. 17:11They have made a circle round our steps: their eyes are fixed on us, forcing us down to the earth; 17:12Like a lion desiring its food, and like a young lion waiting in secret places. 17:13Up! Lord, come out against him, make him low, with your sword be my saviour from the evil-doer. 17:14With your hand, O Lord, from men, even men of the world, whose heritage is in this life, and whom you make full with your secret wealth: they are full of children; after their death their offspring take the rest of their goods. 17:15As for me, I will see your face in righteousness: when I am awake it will be joy enough for me to see your form.
18:1<To the chief music-maker. Of the servant of the Lord, of David, who said the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord made him free from the hand of all his haters, and from the hand of Saul; and he said,> I will give you my love, O Lord, my strength. 18:2The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour; my God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. 18:3I will send up my cry to the Lord, who is to be praised; so will I be made safe from those who are against me. 18:4The cords of death were round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear. 18:5The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me. 18:6In my trouble my voice went up to the Lord, and my cry to my God: my voice came to his hearing in his holy Temple, and my prayer came before him, even into his ears. 18:7Then trouble and shock came on the earth; and the bases of the mountains were moved and shaking, because he was angry. 18:8There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: flames were lighted by it. 18:9The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet. 18:10And he went in flight through the air, seated on a storm-cloud: going quickly on the wings of the wind. 18:11He made the dark his secret place; his tent round him was the dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. 18:12Before his shining light his dark clouds went past, raining ice and fire. 18:13The Lord made thunder in the heavens, and the voice of the Highest was sounding out: a rain of ice and fire. 18:14He sent out his arrows, driving them in all directions; by his flames of fire they were troubled. 18:15Then the deep beds of the waters were seen, and the bases of the world were uncovered, because of your words of wrath, O Lord, because of the breath from your mouth. 18:16He sent from on high, he took me, pulling me out of great waters. 18:17He made me free from my strong hater, and from those who were against me, because they were stronger than I. 18:18They came on me in the day of my trouble; but the Lord was my support. 18:19He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me. 18:20The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him. 18:21For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not been turned away in sin from my God. 18:22For all his decisions were before me, and I did not put away his laws from me. 18:23And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin. 18:24Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes. 18:25On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright; 18:26He who is holy will see that you are holy; but to the man whose way is not straight you will be a hard judge. 18:27For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but eyes full of pride will be made low. 18:28You, O Lord, will be my light; by you, my God, the dark will be made bright for me. 18:29By your help I have made a way through the wall which was shutting me in; by the help of my God I have gone over a wall. 18:30As for God, his way is completely good; the word of the Lord is tested; he is a breastplate for all those who put their faith in him. 18:31For who is God but the Lord? or who is a Rock but our God? 18:32God puts a strong band about me, guiding me in a straight way. 18:33He makes my feet like roes' feet, and puts me on high places. 18:34He makes my hands expert in war, so that a bow of brass is bent by my arms. 18:35You have given me the breastplate of your salvation: your right hand has been my support, and your mercy has made me great. 18:36You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet are kept from slipping. 18:37I go after my haters and overtake them; not turning back till they are all overcome. 18:38I will give them wounds, so that they are not able to get up: they are stretched under my feet. 18:39For I have been armed by you with strength for the fight: you have made low under me those who come out against me. 18:40By you their backs are turned in flight, so that my haters are cut off. 18:41They were crying out, but there was no one to come to their help: even to the Lord, but he gave them no answer. 18:42Then they were crushed as small as dust before the wind; they were drained out like the waste of the streets. 18:43You have made me free from the fightings of the people; you have made me the head of the nations: a people of whom I had no knowledge will be my servants. 18:44From the time when my name comes to their ears they will be ruled by me: men of other countries will, with false hearts, put themselves under my authority. 18:45They will be wasting away, they will come out of their secret places shaking with fear. 18:46The Lord is living; praise be to my Rock, and let the God of my salvation be honoured. 18:47It is God who sends punishment on my haters, and puts peoples under my rule. 18:48He makes me free from my haters; I am lifted up over those who come up against me: you have made me free from the violent man. 18:49Because of this I will give you praise, O Lord, among the nations, and will make a song of praise to your name. 18:50Great salvation does he give to his king; he has mercy on the king of his selection, David, and on his seed for ever.
19:1<To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> The heavens are sounding the glory of God; the arch of the sky makes clear the work of his hands. 19:2Day after day it sends out its word, and night after night it gives knowledge. 19:3There are no words or language; their voice makes no sound. 19:4Their line has gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them has he put a tent for the sun, 19:5Who is like a newly married man coming from his bride-tent, and is glad like a strong runner starting on his way. 19:6His going out is from the end of the heaven, and his circle to the ends of it; there is nothing which is not open to his heat. 19:7The law of the Lord is good, giving new life to the soul: the witness of the Lord is certain, giving wisdom to the foolish. 19:8The orders of the Lord are right, making glad the heart: the rule of the Lord is holy, giving light to the eyes. 19:9The fear of the Lord is clean, and has no end; the decisions of the Lord are true and full of righteousness. 19:10More to be desired are they than gold, even than much shining gold; sweeter than the dropping honey. 19:11By them is your servant made conscious of danger, and in keeping them there is great reward. 19:12Who has full knowledge of his errors? make me clean from secret evil. 19:13Keep your servant back from sins of pride; let them not have rule over me: then will I be upright and free from great sin. 19:14Let the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart be pleasing in your eyes, O Lord, my strength and my salvation.
20:1<To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> May the Lord give ear to you in the day of trouble; may you be placed on high by the name of the God of Jacob; 20:2May he send you help from the holy place, and give you strength from Zion; 20:3May he keep all your offerings in mind, and be pleased with the fat of your burned offerings; (Selah.) 20:4May he give you your heart's desire, and put all your purposes into effect. 20:5We will be glad in your salvation, and in the name of our God we will put up our flags: may the Lord give you all your requests. 20:6Now am I certain that the Lord gives salvation to his king; he will give him an answer from his holy heaven with the strength of salvation in his right hand. 20:7Some put their faith in carriages and some in horses; but we will be strong in the name of the Lord our God. 20:8They are bent down and made low; but we have been lifted up. 20:9Come to our help, Lord: let the king give ear to our cry.
21:1<To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> The king will be glad in your strength, O Lord; how great will be his delight in your salvation! 21:2You have given him his heart's desire, and have not kept back the request of his lips. (Selah.) 21:3For you go before him with the blessings of good things: you put a crown of fair gold on his head. 21:4He made request to you for life, and you gave it to him, long life for ever and ever. 21:5His glory is great in your salvation: honour and authority have you put on him. 21:6For you have made him a blessing for ever: you have given him joy in the light of your face. 21:7For the king has faith in the Lord, and through the mercy of the Most High he will not be moved. 21:8Your hand will make a search for all your haters; your right hand will be hard on all those who are against you. 21:9You will make them like a flaming oven before you; the Lord in his wrath will put an end to them, and they will be burned up in the fire. 21:10Their fruit will be cut off from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men. 21:11For their thoughts were bitter against you: they had an evil design in their minds, which they were not able to put into effect. 21:12Their backs will be turned when you make ready the cords of your bow against their faces. 21:13Be lifted up, O Lord, in your strength; so will we make songs in praise of your power.
22:1<To the chief music-maker on Aijeleth-hash-shahar. A Psalm. Of David.> My God, my God, why are you turned away from me? why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my crying? 22:2O my God, I make my cry in the day, and you give no answer; and in the night, and have no rest. 22:3But you are holy, O you who are seated among the praises of Israel. 22:4Our fathers had faith in you: they had faith and you were their saviour. 22:5They sent up their cry to you and were made free: they put their faith in you and were not put to shame. 22:6But I am a worm and not a man; cursed by men, and looked down on by the people. 22:7I am laughed at by all those who see me: pushing out their lips and shaking their heads they say, 22:8He put his faith in the Lord; let the Lord be his saviour now: let the Lord be his saviour, because he had delight in him. 22:9But it was you who took care of me from the day of my birth: you gave me faith even from my mother's breasts. 22:10I was in your hands even before my birth; you are my God from the time when I was in my mother's body. 22:11Be not far from me, for trouble is near; there is no one to give help. 22:12A great herd of oxen is round me: I am shut in by the strong oxen of Bashan. 22:13I saw their mouths wide open, like lions crying after food. 22:14I am flowing away like water, and all my bones are out of place: my heart is like wax, it has become soft in my body. 22:15My throat is dry like a broken vessel; my tongue is fixed to the roof of my mouth, and the dust of death is on my lips. 22:16Dogs have come round me: I am shut in by the band of evil-doers; they made wounds in my hands and feet. 22:17I am able to see all my bones; their looks are fixed on me: 22:18They make a division of my robes among them, by the decision of chance they take my clothing. 22:19Do not be far from me, O Lord: O my strength, come quickly to my help. 22:20Make my soul safe from the sword, my life from the power of the dog. 22:21Be my saviour from the lion's mouth; let me go free from the horns of the cruel oxen. 22:22I will give the knowledge of your name to my brothers: I will give you praise among the people. 22:23You who have fear of the Lord, give him praise; all you seed of Jacob, give him glory; go in fear of him, all you seed of Israel. 22:24For he has not been unmoved by the pain of him who is troubled; or kept his face covered from him; but he has given an answer to his cry. 22:25My praise will be of you in the great meeting: I will make my offerings before his worshippers. 22:26The poor will have a feast of good things: those who make search for the Lord will give him praise: your heart will have life for ever. 22:27All the ends of the earth will keep it in mind and be turned to the Lord: all the families of the nations will give him worship. 22:28For the kingdom is the Lord's; he is the ruler among the nations. 22:29All the fat ones of the earth will give him worship; all those who go down to the dust will make themselves low before him, even he who has not enough for the life of his soul. 22:30A seed will be his servant; the doings of the Lord will be made clear to the generation which comes after. 22:31They will come and make his righteousness clear to a people of the future because he has done this.
23:1<A Psalm. Of David.> The Lord takes care of me as his sheep; I will not be without any good thing. 23:2He makes a resting-place for me in the green fields: he is my guide by the quiet waters. 23:3He gives new life to my soul: he is my guide in the ways of righteousness because of his name. 23:4Yes, though I go through the valley of deep shade, I will have no fear of evil; for you are with me, your rod and your support are my comfort. 23:5You make ready a table for me in front of my haters: you put oil on my head; my cup is overflowing. 23:6Truly, blessing and mercy will be with me all the days of my life; and I will have a place in the house of the Lord all my days.
24:1<A Psalm. Of David.> The earth is the Lord's, with all its wealth; the world and all the people living in it. 24:2For by him it was based on the seas, and made strong on the deep rivers. 24:3Who may go up into the hill of the Lord? and who may come into his holy place? 24:4He who has clean hands and a true heart; whose desire has not gone out to foolish things, who has not taken a false oath. 24:5He will have blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. 24:6This is the generation of those whose hearts are turned to you, even to your face, O God of Jacob. (Selah.) 24:7Let your heads be lifted up, O doors; be lifted up, O you eternal doors: that the King of glory may come in. 24:8Who is the King of glory? The Lord of strength and power, the Lord strong in war. 24:9Let your heads be lifted up, O doors; let them be lifted up, O you eternal doors: that the King of glory may come in. 24:10Who is the King of glory? The Lord of armies, he is the King of glory. (Selah.)
25:1<Of David.> To you, O Lord, my soul is lifted up. 25:2O my God, I have put my faith in you, let me not be shamed; let not my haters be glorying over me. 25:3Let no servant of yours be put to shame; may those be shamed who are false without cause. 25:4Make your steps clear to me, O Lord; give me knowledge of your ways. 25:5Be my guide and teacher in the true way; for you are the God of my salvation; I am waiting for your word all the day. 25:6O Lord, keep in mind your pity and your mercies; for they have been from the earliest times. 25:7Do not keep in mind my sins when I was young, or my wrongdoing: let your memory of me be full of mercy, O Lord, because of your righteousness. 25:8Good and upright is the Lord: so he will be the teacher of sinners in the way. 25:9He will be an upright guide to the poor in spirit: he will make his way clear to them. 25:10All the ways of the Lord are mercy and good faith for those who keep his agreement and his witness. 25:11Because of your name, O Lord, let me have forgiveness for my sin, which is very great. 25:12If a man has the fear of the Lord, the Lord will be his teacher in the way of his pleasure. 25:13His soul will be full of good things, and his seed will have the earth for its heritage. 25:14The secret of the Lord is with those in whose hearts is the fear of him; he will make his agreement clear to them. 25:15My eyes are turned to the Lord at all times; for he will take my feet out of the net. 25:16Be turned to me, and have mercy on me; for I am troubled and have no helper. 25:17The troubles of my heart are increased: O take me out of my sorrows. 25:18Give thought to my grief and my pain; and take away all my sins. 25:19See how those who are against me are increased, for bitter is their hate of me. 25:20O keep my soul, and take me out of danger: let me not be shamed, for I have put my faith in you. 25:21For my clean and upright ways keep me safe, because my hope is in you. 25:22Give Israel salvation, O God, out of all his troubles.
26:1<Of David.> O Lord, be my judge, for my behaviour has been upright: I have put my faith in the Lord, I am not in danger of slipping. 26:2Put me in the scales, O Lord, so that I may be tested; let the fire make clean my thoughts and my heart. 26:3For your mercy is before my eyes; and I have gone in the way of your good faith. 26:4I have not taken my seat with foolish persons, and I do not go with false men. 26:5I have been a hater of the band of wrongdoers, and I will not be seated among sinners. 26:6I will make my hands clean from sin; so will I go round your altar, O Lord; 26:7That I may give out the voice of praise, and make public all the wonders which you have done. 26:8Lord, your house has been dear to me, and the resting-place of your glory. 26:9Let not my soul be numbered among sinners, or my life among men of blood; 26:10In whose hands are evil designs, and whose right hands take money for judging falsely. 26:11But as for me, I will go on in my upright ways: be my saviour, and have mercy on me. 26:12I have a safe resting-place for my feet; I will give praise to the Lord in the meetings of the people.
27:1<Of David.> The Lord is my light and my salvation; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me? 27:2When evil-doers, even my haters, came on me to put an end to me, they were broken and put to shame. 27:3Even if an army came against me with its tents, my heart would have no fear: if war was made on me, my faith would not be moved. 27:4One prayer have I made to the Lord, and this is my heart's desire; that I may have a place in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, looking on his glory, and getting wisdom in his Temple. 27:5For in the time of trouble he will keep me safe in his tent: in the secret place of his tent he will keep me from men's eyes; high on a rock he will put me. 27:6And now my head will be lifted up higher than my haters who are round me: because of this I will make offerings of joy in his tent; I will make a song, truly I will make a song of praise to the Lord. 27:7O Lord, let the voice of my cry come to your ears: have mercy on me, and give me an answer. 27:8When you said, Make search for my face, my heart said to you, For your face will I make my search. 27:9Let not your face be covered from me; do not put away your servant in wrath; you have been my help: do not give me up or take your support from me, O God of my salvation. 27:10When my father and my mother are turned away from me, then the Lord will be my support. 27:11Make your way clear to me, O Lord, guiding me by the right way, because of my haters. 27:12Do not give me into their hands, because false witnesses have come out against me, and men breathing destruction. 27:13I had almost given up my hope of seeing the blessing of the Lord in the land of the living. 27:14Let your hope be in the Lord: take heart and be strong; yes, let your hope be in the Lord.
28:1<Of David.> My cry goes up to you, O Lord, my Rock; do not keep back your answer from me, so that I may not become like those who go down into the underworld. 28:2Give ear to the voice of my prayer, when I am crying to you, when my hands are lifted up to your holy place. 28:3Do not take me away with the sinners and the workers of evil, who say words of peace to their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts. 28:4Give them the right reward of their acts, and of their evil doings: give them punishment for the works of their hands, let them have their full reward. 28:5Because they have no respect for the works of the Lord, or for the things which his hands have made, they will be broken down and not lifted up by him. 28:6May the Lord be praised, because he has given ear to the voice of my prayer. 28:7The Lord is my strength and my breastplate, my heart had faith in him and I am helped; for this cause my heart is full of rapture, and I will give him praise in my song. 28:8The Lord is their strength, and a strong place of salvation for his king. 28:9Be a saviour to your people, and send a blessing on your heritage: be their guide, and let them be lifted up for ever.
29:1<A Psalm. Of David.> Give to the Lord, you sons of the gods, give to the Lord glory and strength. 29:2Give to the Lord the full glory of his name; give him worship in holy robes. 29:3The voice of the Lord is on the waters: the God of glory is thundering, the Lord is on the great waters. 29:4The voice of the Lord is full of power; the voice of the Lord has a noble sound. 29:5By the voice of the Lord are the cedar-trees broken, even the cedars of Lebanon are broken by the Lord. 29:6He makes them go jumping about like a young ox; Lebanon and Sirion like a young mountain ox. 29:7At the voice of the Lord flames of fire are seen. 29:8At the voice of the Lord there is a shaking in the waste land, even a shaking in the waste land of Kadesh. 29:9At the voice of the Lord the roes give birth, the leaves are taken from the trees: in his Temple everything says, Glory. 29:10The Lord had his seat as king when the waters came on the earth; the Lord is seated as king for ever. 29:11The Lord will give strength to his people; the Lord will give his people the blessing of peace.
30:1<A Psalm. A Song at the blessing of the House. Of David.> I will give you praise and honour, O Lord, because through you I have been lifted up; you have not given my haters cause to be glad over me. 30:2O Lord my God, I sent up my cry to you, and you have made me well. 30:3O Lord, you have made my soul come again from the underworld: you have given me life and kept me from going down among the dead. 30:4Make songs to the Lord, O you saints of his, and give praise to his holy name. 30:5For his wrath is only for a minute; in his grace there is life; weeping may be for a night, but joy comes in the morning. 30:6When things went well for me I said, I will never be moved. 30:7Lord, by your grace you have kept my mountain strong: when your face was turned from me I was troubled. 30:8My voice went up to you, O Lord; I made my prayer to the Lord. 30:9What profit is there in my blood if I go down into the underworld? will the dust give you praise, or be a witness to your help? 30:10Give ear to me, O Lord, and have mercy on me: Lord, be my helper. 30:11By you my sorrow is turned into dancing; you have taken away my clothing of grief, and given me robes of joy; 30:12So that my glory may make songs of praise to you and not be quiet. O Lord my God, I will give you praise for ever.
31:1<To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> In you, O Lord, have I put my hope; let me never be shamed; keep me safe in your righteousness. 31:2Let 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. 31:3For you are my Rock and my strong tower; go in front of me and be my guide, because of your name. 31:4Take me out of the net which they have put ready for me secretly; for you are my strength. 31:5Into your hands I give my spirit; you are my saviour, O Lord God for ever true. 31:6I am full of hate for those who go after false gods; but my hope is in the Lord. 31:7I 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; 31:8And you have not given me into the hand of my hater; you have put my feet in a wide place. 31:9Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; my eyes are wasted with grief, I am wasted in soul and body. 31:10My 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. 31:11Because 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. 31:12I have gone from men's minds and memory like a dead man; I am like a broken vessel. 31:13False 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. 31:14But I had faith in you, O Lord; I said, You are my God. 31:15The chances of my life are in your hand; take me out of the hands of my haters, and of those who go after me. 31:16Let your servant see the light of your face; in your mercy be my saviour. 31:17Let 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. 31:18Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride. 31:19O 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! 31:20You 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. 31:21May the Lord be praised, because he has made clear to me the wonder of his grace in a strong town. 31:22And 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. 31:23O 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. 31:24Put away fear and let your heart be strong, all you whose hope is in the Lord.
32:1<Of David. Maschil.> Happy is he who has forgiveness for his wrongdoing, and whose sin is covered. 32:2Happy is the man in whom the Lord sees no evil, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. 32:3When I kept my mouth shut, my bones were wasted, because of my crying all through the day. 32:4For the weight of your hand was on me day and night; my body became dry like the earth in summer. (Selah.) 32:5I made my wrongdoing clear to you, and did not keep back my sin. I said, I will put it all before the Lord; and you took away my wrongdoing and my sin. (Selah.) 32:6For this cause let every saint make his prayer to you at a time when you are near: then the overflowing of the great waters will not overtake him. 32:7You are my safe and secret place; you will keep me from trouble; you will put songs of salvation on the lips of those who are round me. (Selah.) 32:8I will give you knowledge, teaching you the way to go; my eye will be your guide. 32:9Do not be like the horse or the ass, without sense; ... 32:10The sinner will be full of trouble; but mercy will be round the man who has faith in the Lord. 32:11Be glad in the Lord with joy, you upright men; give cries of joy, all you whose hearts are true.