31:1In Thee, O Jehovah, I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed to the age, In Thy righteousness deliver me.
31:2Incline unto me Thine ear hastily, deliver me, Be to me for a strong rock, For a house of bulwarks to save me.
31:3For my rock and my bulwark art Thou, For Thy name's sake lead me and tend me.
31:4Bring me out from the net that they hid for me, For Thou art my strength.
31:5Into Thy hand I commit my spirit, Thou hast redeemed me, Jehovah God of truth.
31:6I have hated the observers of lying vanities, And I toward Jehovah have been confident.
31:7I rejoice, and am glad in Thy kindness, In that Thou hast seen mine affliction, Thou hast known in adversities my soul.
31:8And Thou hast not shut me up, Into the hand of an enemy, Thou hast caused my feet to stand in a broad place.
31:9Favour me, O Jehovah, for distress is to me, Mine eye, my soul, and my body Have become old by provocation.
31:10For my life hath been consumed in sorrow And my years in sighing. Feeble because of mine iniquity hath been my strength, And my bones have become old.
31:11Among all mine adversaries I have been a reproach, And to my neighbours exceedingly, And a fear to mine acquaintances, Those seeing me without -- fled from me.
31:12I have been forgotten as dead out of mind, I have been as a perishing vessel.
31:13For I have heard an evil account of many, Fear is round about. In their being united against me, To take my life they have devised,
31:14And I on Thee -- I have trusted, O Jehovah, I have said, `Thou art my God.'
31:15In Thy hand are my times, Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from my pursuers.
31:16Cause Thy face to shine on Thy servant, Save me in Thy kindness.
31:17O Jehovah, let me not be ashamed, For I have called Thee, let the wicked be ashamed, Let them become silent to Sheol.
31:18Let lips of falsehood become dumb, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.
31:19How abundant is Thy goodness, That Thou hast laid up for those fearing Thee,
31:20Thou hast wrought for those trusting in Thee, Before sons of men. Thou hidest them in the secret place of Thy presence, From artifices of man, Thou concealest them in a tabernacle, From the strife of tongues.
31:21Blessed is Jehovah, For He hath made marvellous His kindness To me in a city of bulwarks.
31:22And I -- I have said in my haste, `I have been cut off from before Thine eyes,' But Thou hast heard the voice of my supplications, In my crying unto Thee.
31:23Love Jehovah, all ye His saints, Jehovah is keeping the faithful, And recompensing abundantly a proud doer.
31:24Be strong, and He strengtheneth your heart, All ye who are waiting for Jehovah!
32:0By David. -- An Instruction.
32:1O the happiness of him whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered.
32:2O the happiness of a man, To whom Jehovah imputeth not iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit.
32:3When I have kept silence, become old have my bones, Through my roaring all the day.
32:4When by day and by night Thy hand is heavy upon me, My moisture hath been changed Into the droughts of summer. Selah.
32:5My sin I cause Thee to know, And mine iniquity I have not covered. I have said, `I confess concerning My transgressions to Jehovah,' And Thou -- Thou hast taken away, The iniquity of my sin. Selah.
32:6For this doth every saintly one pray to Thee, As the time to find. Surely at an overflowing of many waters, Unto him they come not.
32:7Thou art a hiding-place for me, From distress Thou dost keep me, With songs of deliverance dost compass me. Selah.
32:8I cause thee to act wisely, And direct thee in the way that thou goest, I cause mine eye to take counsel concerning thee.
32:9Be ye not as a horse -- as a mule, Without understanding, With bridle and bit, its ornaments, to curb, Not to come near unto thee.
32:10Many are the pains of the wicked; As to him who is trusting in Jehovah, Kindness doth compass him.
32:11Be glad in Jehovah, and rejoice, ye righteous, And sing, all ye upright of heart!
33:1Sing, ye righteous, in Jehovah, For upright ones praise is comely.
33:2Give ye thanks to Jehovah with a harp, With psaltery of ten strings sing praise to Him,
33:3Sing ye to Him a new song, Play skilfully with shouting.
33:4For upright is the word of Jehovah, And all His work is in faithfulness.
33:5Loving righteousness and judgment, Of the kindness of Jehovah is the earth full.
33:6By the word of Jehovah The heavens have been made, And by the breath of His mouth all their host.
33:7Gathering as a heap the waters of the sea, Putting in treasuries the depths.
33:8Afraid of Jehovah are all the earth, Of Him are all the inhabitants of the world afraid.
33:9For He hath said, and it is, He hath commanded, and it standeth.
33:10Jehovah made void the counsel of nations, He disallowed the thoughts of the peoples.
33:11The counsel of Jehovah to the age standeth, The thoughts of His heart to all generations.
33:12O the happiness of the nation whose God is Jehovah, Of the people He did choose, For an inheritance to Him.
33:13From the heavens hath Jehovah looked, He hath seen all the sons of men.
33:14From the fixed place of His dwelling, He looked unto all inhabitants of the earth;
33:15Who is forming their hearts together, Who is attending unto all their works.
33:16The king is not saved by the multitude of a force. A mighty man is not delivered, By abundance of power.
33:17A false thing is the horse for safety, And by the abundance of his strength He doth not deliver.
33:18Lo, the eye of Jehovah is to those fearing Him, To those waiting for His kindness,
33:19To deliver from death their soul, And to keep them alive in famine.
33:20Our soul hath waited for Jehovah, Our help and our shield is He,
33:21For in Him doth our heart rejoice, For in His holy name we have trusted.
33:22Let Thy kindness, O Jehovah, be upon us, As we have waited for Thee!