Psalms 30

¹Unto the end. A Psalm of David according to an ecstasy.

²In you, Lord, I have hoped; let me never be confounded. In your justice, deliver me.

³Incline your ear to me. Hasten to rescue me. Be for me a protector God and a house of refuge, so as to accomplish my salvation.

⁴For you are my strength and my refuge; and for the sake of your name, you will lead me and nourish me.

⁵You will lead me out of this snare, which they have hidden for me. For you are my protector.

⁶Into your hands, I commend my spirit. You have redeemed me, O Lord, God of truth.

⁷You have hated those who practice emptiness to no purpose. But I have hoped in the Lord.

⁸I will exult and rejoice in your mercy. For you have looked upon my humility; you have saved my soul from needfulness.

⁹And you have not enclosed me in the hands of the enemy. You have set my feet in a spacious place.

¹⁰Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am troubled. My eye has been disturbed by wrath, along with my soul and my gut.

¹¹For my life has fallen into sorrow, and my years into sighing. My virtue has been weakened in poverty, and my bones have been disturbed.

¹²I have become a disgrace among all my enemies, and even more so to my neighbors, and a dread to my acquaintances. Those who catch sight of me, flee away from me.

¹³I have become forgotten, like one dead to the heart. I have become like a damaged utensil.

¹⁴For I have heard the harsh criticism of many who linger in the area. While assembled together against me in that place, they deliberated on how to take away my life.

¹⁵But I have hoped in you, O Lord. I said, “You are my God.”

¹⁶My fate is in your hands. Rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from those who are persecuting me.

¹⁷Shine your face upon your servant. Save me in your mercy.

¹⁸Do not let me be confounded, Lord, for I have called upon you. Let the impious be ashamed and be drawn down into Hell.

¹⁹May deceitful lips be silenced: those that speak iniquity against the just, in arrogance and in abusiveness.

²⁰How great is the multitude of your sweetness, O Lord, which you keep hidden for those who fear you, which you have perfected for those who hope in you, in the sight of the sons of men.

²¹You hide them in the concealment of your face, from the disturbance of men. You protect them in your tabernacle, from the contradiction of tongues.

²²Blessed is the Lord. For he has shown his wonderful mercy to me, in a fortified city.

²³But I said in the excess of my mind: “I have been cast away from the glance of your eyes.” And so, you heeded the voice of my prayer, while I was still crying out to you.

²⁴Love the Lord, all you his saints. For the Lord will require truth, and he will abundantly repay those who act with arrogance.

²⁵Act manfully, and let your heart be strengthened, all you who hope in the Lord.

Psalms 30

¹Unto the end, a psalm for David, in an ecstasy.

²In thee, O Lord, have I hoped, let me never be confounded: deliver me in thy justice.

³Bow down thy ear to me: make haste to deliver me. Be thou unto me a God, a protector, and a house of refuge, to save me.

⁴For thou art my strength and my refuge; and for thy name's sake thou wilt lead me, and nourish me.

⁵Thou wilt bring me out of this snare, which they have hidden for me: for thou art my protector.

⁶Into thy hands I commend my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, the God of truth.

⁷Thou hast hated them that regard vanities, to no purpose. But I have hoped in the Lord:

⁸I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy. For thou hast regarded my humility, thou hast saved my soul out of distresses.

⁹And thou hast not shut me up in the hands of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a spacious place.

¹⁰Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: my eye is troubled with wrath, my soul, and my belly:

¹¹For my life is wasted with grief: and my years in sighs. My strength is weakened through poverty and my bones are disturbed.

¹²I am become a reproach among all my enemies, and very much to my neighbours; and a fear to my acquaintances. They that saw me without fled from me.

¹³I am forgotten as one dead from the heart. I am become as a vessel that is destroyed.

¹⁴For I have heard the blame of many that dwell round about. While they assembled together against me, they consulted to take away my life.

¹⁵But I have put my trust in thee, O Lord: I said: Thou art my God.

¹⁶My lots are in thy hands. Deliver me out of the hands of my enemies; and from them that persecute me.

¹⁷Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; save me in thy mercy.

¹⁸Let me not be confounded, O Lord, for I have called upon thee. Let the wicked be ashamed, and be brought down to hell.

¹⁹Let deceitful lips be made dumb. Which speak iniquity against the just, with pride and abuse.

²⁰O how great is the multitude of thy sweetness, O Lord, which thou hast hidden for them that fear thee! Which thou hast wrought for them that hope in thee, in the sight of the sons of men.

²¹Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy face, from the disturbance of men. Thou shalt protect them in thy tabernacle from the contradiction of tongues.

²²Blessed be the Lord, for he hath shewn his wonderful mercy to me in a fortified city.

²³But I said in the excess of my mind: I am cast away from before thy eyes. Therefore thou hast heard the voice of my prayer, when I cried to thee.

²⁴O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord will require truth, and will repay them abundantly that act proudly.

²⁵Do ye manfully, and let your heart be strengthened, all ye that hope in the Lord.