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Psalm 31 Literal Standard Version
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1 TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. In You, O YHWH, I have trusted, || Do not let me be ashamed for all time, || In Your righteousness deliver me.
1 Al Músico principal: Salmo de David. EN ti, oh Jehová, he esperado; no sea yo confundido para siempre: líbrame en tu justicia.
1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Let me never be disappointed. Deliver me in your righteousness.
2 Incline Your ear to me quickly, deliver me, || Be to me for a strong rock, || For a house of bulwarks to save me.
2 Inclina á mí tu oído, líbrame presto; séme por roca de fortaleza, por casa fuerte para salvarme.
2 Bow down your ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be to me a strong rock, a house of defense to save me.
3 For You [are] my rock and my bulwark, || For Your Name’s sake lead me and tend me.
3 Porque tú eres mi roca y mi castillo; y por tu nombre me guiarás, y me encaminarás.
3 For you are my rock and my fortress, therefore for your name’s sake lead me and guide me.
4 Bring me out from the net that they hid for me, || For You [are] my strength.
4 Me sacarás de la red que han escondido para mí; porque tú eres mi fortaleza.
4 Pluck me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, for you are my stronghold.
5 Into Your hand I commit my spirit, || You have redeemed me, YHWH God of truth.
5 En tu mano encomiendo mi espíritu: tú me has redimido, oh Jehová, Dios de verdad.
5 Into your hand I commend my spirit. You redeem me, Yahweh, God of truth.
6 I have hated the observers of lying vanities, || And I have been confident toward YHWH.
6 Aborrecí á los que esperan en vanidades ilusorias; mas yo en Jehová he esperado.
6 I hate those who regard lying vanities, but I trust in Yahweh.
7 I rejoice, and am glad in Your kindness, || In that You have seen my affliction, || You have known my soul in adversities.
7 Me gozaré y alegraré en tu misericordia; porque has visto mi aflicción; has conocido mi alma en las angustias.
7 I will be glad and rejoice in your loving kindness, for you have seen my affliction. You have known my soul in adversities.
8 And You have not shut me up, || Into the hand of an enemy, || You have caused my feet to stand in a broad place.
8 Y no me encerraste en mano del enemigo; hiciste estar mis pies en anchura.
8 You have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy. You have set my feet in a large place.
9 Favor me, O YHWH, for distress [is] to me, || My eye, my soul, and my body || Have become old by provocation.
9 Ten misericordia de mí, oh Jehová, que estoy en angustia: hanse consumido de pesar mis ojos, mi alma, y mis entrañas.
9 Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am in distress. My eye, my soul, and my body waste away with grief.
10 For my life has been consumed in sorrow || And my years in sighing. My strength has been feeble because of my iniquity, || And my bones have become old.
10 Porque mi vida se va gastando de dolor, y mis años de suspirar: hase enflaquecido mi fuerza á causa de mi iniquidad, y mis huesos se han consumido.
10 For my life is spent with sorrow, my years with sighing. My strength fails because of my iniquity. My bones are wasted away.
11 I have been a reproach among all my adversaries, || And to my neighbors exceedingly, || And a fear to my acquaintances, || Those seeing me without—fled from me.
11 De todos mis enemigos he sido oprobio, y de mis vecinos en gran manera, y horror á mis conocidos: los que me veían fuera, huían de mí.
11 Because of all my adversaries I have become utterly contemptible to my neighbors, a horror to my acquaintances. Those who saw me on the street fled from me.
12 I have been forgotten as dead, out of mind, || I have been as a perishing vessel.
12 He sido olvidado de [su] corazón como un muerto: he venido á ser como un vaso perdido.
12 I am forgotten from their hearts like a dead man. I am like broken pottery.
13 For I have heard an evil account of many, || Fear [is] all around. In their being united against me, || They have devised to take my life,
13 Porque he oído afrenta de muchos; miedo por todas partes, cuando consultaban juntos contra mí, é ideaban quitarme la vida.
13 For I have heard the slander of many, terror on every side, while they conspire together against me, they plot to take away my life.
14 And I have trusted on You, || O YHWH, I have said, “You [are] my God.”
14 Mas yo en ti confié, oh Jehová: yo dije: Dios mío eres tú.
14 But I trust in you, Yahweh. I said, “You are my God.”
15 In Your hand [are] my times, || Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, || And from my pursuers.
15 En tu mano están mis tiempos: líbrame de la mano de mis enemigos, y de mis perseguidores.
15 My times are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.
16 Cause Your face to shine on Your servant, || Save me in Your kindness.
16 Haz resplandecer tu rostro sobre tu siervo: sálvame por tu misericordia.
16 Make your face to shine on your servant. Save me in your loving kindness.
17 O YHWH, do not let me be ashamed, || For I have called You, let the wicked be ashamed, || Let them become silent to Sheol.
17 No sea yo confundido, oh Jehová, ya que te he invocado; sean corridos los impíos, estén mudos en el profundo.
17 Let me not be disappointed, Yahweh, for I have called on you. Let the wicked be disappointed. Let them be silent in Sheol.
18 Let lips of falsehood become mute, || That are speaking against the righteous, || Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.
18 Enmudezcan los labios mentirosos, que hablan contra el justo cosas duras, con soberbia y menosprecio.
18 Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.
19 How abundant is Your goodness, || That You have laid up for those fearing You, || You have worked for those trusting in You, || Before sons of men.
19 ¡Cuán grande es tu bien, que has guardado para los que te temen, que has obrado para los que esperan en ti, delante de los hijos de los hombres!
19 Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the sons of men!
20 You hide them in the secret place of Your presence, || From schemes of man, || You conceal them in a dwelling place, || From the strife of tongues.
20 Los esconderás en el secreto de tu rostro de las arrogancias del hombre: los pondrás en un tabernáculo á cubierto de contención de lenguas.
20 In the shelter of your presence you will hide them from the plotting of man. You will keep them secretly in a dwelling away from the strife of tongues.
21 Blessed [is] YHWH, || For He has made His kindness marvelous || To me in a city of bulwarks.
21 Bendito Jehová, porque ha hecho maravillosa su misericordia para conmigo en ciudad fuerte.
21 Praise be to Yahweh, for he has shown me his marvelous loving kindness in a strong city.
22 And I have said in my haste, “I have been cut off from before Your eyes,” || But You have heard the voice of my supplications, || In my crying to You.
22 Y decía yo en mi premura: Cortado soy de delante de tus ojos: tú empero oíste la voz de mis ruegos, cuando á ti clamaba.
22 As for me, I said in my haste, “I am cut off from before your eyes.” Nevertheless you heard the voice of my petitions when I cried to you.
23 Love YHWH, all you His saints, || YHWH is keeping the faithful, || And repaying a proud doer abundantly.
23 Amad á Jehová todos vosotros sus santos: á los fieles guarda Jehová, y paga abundantemente al que obra con soberbia.
23 Oh love Yahweh, all you his saints! Yahweh preserves the faithful, and fully recompenses him who behaves arrogantly.
24 Be strong, and He strengthens your heart, || All you who are waiting for YHWH!
24 Esforzaos todos vosotros los que esperáis en Jehová, y tome vuestro corazón aliento.
24 Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who hope in Yahweh.
Cross references (24)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Romans 10:11; Psalm 25:2; Psalm 71:1–3; Psalm 22:4–5; Psalm 143:1
- 2 Psalm 71:2–3; Psalm 102:2; Psalm 86:1; Deuteronomy 32:31; 1 John 4:15–16
- 3 Psalm 143:10–11; Isaiah 49:10; Psalm 25:5; John 16:13; Luke 1:79
- 4 Psalm 25:15; Psalm 140:5; Psalm 19:14; 2 Timothy 2:26; Psalm 57:6
- 5 Luke 23:46; Acts 7:59; Deuteronomy 32:4; Psalm 71:23; 1 Peter 1:18–19
- 6 Psalm 26:5; Jonah 2:8; Jeremiah 10:15; 1 Corinthians 10:20; Psalm 24:4
- 7 Isaiah 49:13; Isaiah 63:9; Psalm 119:153; 2 Timothy 2:19; Galatians 4:9
- 8 Job 36:16; Psalm 18:19; Psalm 4:1; Deuteronomy 32:30; 1 Samuel 17:46
- 9 Psalm 6:7; Psalm 88:9; Psalm 73:26; Job 17:7; Psalm 73:14
- 10 Psalm 32:3–4; Psalm 38:3; Psalm 88:15; Romans 9:2; Psalm 78:33
- 11 Psalm 38:11; Psalm 88:8; Matthew 26:56; Psalm 88:18; Psalm 41:8–9
- 12 Psalm 88:4–5; Psalm 119:83; Romans 9:21–22; Isaiah 30:14; Psalm 2:9
- 13 Jeremiah 20:10; Matthew 27:1; Lamentations 2:22; 1 Samuel 20:33; Psalm 101:5
- 14 Psalm 56:3–4; Psalm 18:2; Psalm 43:5; Psalm 16:1–2; Psalm 140:6
- 15 Acts 1:7; John 17:1; Ecclesiastes 3:1–8; John 7:6; Psalm 142:6
- 16 Psalm 4:6; Psalm 6:4; Psalm 80:3; Daniel 9:9; Romans 9:15
- 17 Psalm 25:2–3; Jeremiah 20:11; Psalm 115:17; Psalm 34:5; Isaiah 41:11–12
- 18 Jude 15; Psalm 94:4; 1 Samuel 2:3; Isaiah 54:17; Psalm 64:3–4
- 19 1 Corinthians 2:9; Isaiah 64:4; Lamentations 3:23–25; 1 Peter 1:4–5; Colossians 3:2–4
- 20 Psalm 27:5; Psalm 32:7; Psalm 91:1–4; Job 5:21; Psalm 64:2–4
- 21 1 Samuel 23:7–13; Psalm 17:7; Jeremiah 1:18; 1 Peter 2:9; Psalm 118:23
- 22 Psalm 116:11; Hebrews 5:7; Psalm 6:9; Psalm 88:16; Ezekiel 37:11
- 23 Psalm 97:10; Psalm 94:2; Psalm 145:20; John 10:27–30; Psalm 34:9
- 24 Psalm 27:14; Psalm 146:5; Isaiah 35:3–4; Colossians 1:11; Psalm 29:11
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
To the end, a Psalm of the joy of the Resurrection, and the change, the renewing of the body to an immortal state, and not only of the Lord, but also of the whole Church.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
But the Lord God was the hope of Thy servant, and He regarded not vanities and lying madness.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
However, they think that the divine oracles are not altogether silent on this point; for they ask to what purpose is it said, "How great is Thy goodness which Thou hast hidden for them that fear Thee," if it be not to teach us that the great and hidden sweetness of God's mercy is concealed in order that men may …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
But that these perversely compassionate persons may see what is the purport of these words, "How great is the abundance of Thy sweetness, Lord, which Thou hast hidden for them that fear Thee," let them read what follows: "And Thou hast perfected it for them that hope in Thee." For what means, "Thou hast hidden it for them that fear …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)