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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Psalm 31 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/31.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/psalms/31-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > Psalm 31</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/30.htm" title="Psalm 30">◄</a> Psalm 31 <a href="../psalms/32.htm" title="Psalm 32">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">A Prayer of Trust in God<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.31.1!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </h3><p class="q1"><span class="v19_31_1"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.31.1" class="v19_31_1">1</span>I come to you, <span class="nd">Lord</span>, for protection;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_31_1">never let me be defeated.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_31_1">You are a righteous God;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_31_1">save me, I pray!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_31_2"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.31.2" class="v19_31_2">2</span>Hear me! Save me now!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_31_2">Be my refuge to protect me;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_31_2">my defense to save me.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_31_3"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.31.3" class="v19_31_3">3</span>You are my refuge and defense;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_31_3">guide me and lead me as you have promised.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_31_4"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.31.4" class="v19_31_4">4</span>Keep me safe from the trap that has been set for me;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_31_4">shelter me from danger.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_31_5"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.31.5" class="v19_31_5">5</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.31.5!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> I place myself in your care.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_31_5">You will save me, <span class="nd">Lord</span>;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_31_5">you are a faithful God.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_31_6"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.31.6" class="v19_31_6">6</span>You hate those who worship false gods,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_31_6">but I trust in you.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_31_7"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.31.7" class="v19_31_7">7</span>I will be glad and rejoice</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_31_7">because of your constant love.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_31_7">You see my suffering;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_31_7">you know my trouble.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_31_8"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.31.8" class="v19_31_8">8</span>You have not let my enemies capture me;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_31_8">you have given me freedom to go where I wish.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_31_9"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.31.9" class="v19_31_9">9</span>Be merciful to me, <span class="nd">Lord</span>,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_31_9">for I am in trouble;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_31_9">my eyes are tired from so much crying;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_31_9">I am completely worn out.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_31_10"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.31.10" class="v19_31_10">10</span>I am exhausted by sorrow,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_31_10">and weeping has shortened my life.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_31_10">I am weak from all my troubles;<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.31.10!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_31_10">even my bones are wasting away.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_31_11"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.31.11" class="v19_31_11">11</span>All my enemies, and especially my neighbors,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_31_11">treat me with contempt.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_31_11">Those who know me are afraid of me;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_31_11">when they see me in the street, they run away.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_31_12"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.31.12" class="v19_31_12">12</span>Everyone has forgotten me, as though I were dead;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_31_12">I am like something thrown away.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_31_13"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.31.13" class="v19_31_13">13</span>I hear many enemies whispering;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_31_13">terror is all around me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_31_13">They are making plans against me,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_31_13">plotting to kill me.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_31_14"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.31.14" class="v19_31_14">14</span>But my trust is in you, O <span class="nd">Lord</span>;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_31_14">you are my God.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_31_15"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.31.15" class="v19_31_15">15</span>I am always in your care;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_31_15">save me from my enemies,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_31_15">from those who persecute me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_31_16"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.31.16" class="v19_31_16">16</span>Look on your servant with kindness;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_31_16">save me in your constant love.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_31_17"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.31.17" class="v19_31_17">17</span>I call to you, <span class="nd">Lord</span>;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_31_17">don't let me be disgraced.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_31_17">May the wicked be disgraced;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_31_17">may they go silently down to the world of the dead.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_31_18"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.31.18" class="v19_31_18">18</span>Silence those liars—</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_31_18">all the proud and arrogant</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_31_18">who speak with contempt about the righteous.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_31_19"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.31.19" class="v19_31_19">19</span>How wonderful are the good things</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_31_19">you keep for those who honor you!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_31_19">Everyone knows how good you are,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_31_19">how securely you protect those who trust you.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_31_20"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.31.20" class="v19_31_20">20</span>You hide them in the safety of your presence</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_31_20">from the plots of others;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_31_20">in a safe shelter you hide them</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_31_20">from the insults of their enemies.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_31_21"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.31.21" class="v19_31_21">21</span>Praise the <span class="nd">Lord</span>!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_31_21">How wonderfully he showed his love for me</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_31_21">when I was surrounded and attacked!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_31_22"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.31.22" class="v19_31_22">22</span>I was afraid and thought</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_31_22">that he had driven me out of his presence.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_31_22">But he heard my cry,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_31_22">when I called to him for help.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_31_23"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.31.23" class="v19_31_23">23</span>Love the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, all his faithful people.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_31_23">The <span class="nd">Lord</span> protects the faithful,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_31_23">but punishes the proud as they deserve.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_31_24"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.31.24" class="v19_31_24">24</span>Be strong, be courageous,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_31_24">all you that hope in the <span class="nd">Lord</span>.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">HEBREW TITLE: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">A psalm by David.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">31.10: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some ancient translations </char><char style="fq" closed="false">troubles; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">iniquity.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span 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