Thi Thiên 31

Into your hand I commit my spirit

¹For the music director. A psalm of David. ²LORD, I have made you my refuge; never let me be disgraced; because you are righteous, set me free. ³Bend down and listen to me; hurry to rescue me. Be a rock where I can shelter, a fortified house that keeps me safe. ⁴You yourself are my rock and my stronghold; for the honor of your name you will lead me and show me the way. ⁵You will free me from the net they have secretly laid for me, because you are my stronghold. ⁶I put my spirit into your hand for safekeeping; you have redeemed me, LORD, God who is faithful. ⁷I hate those who devote themselves to useless idols; but my trust is in the LORD.^{a 8}I will be full of joy and delight because of your loyal love, for you saw how I suffered and took notice of the troubles I was in. ⁹You did not give me up into the power of my enemy; you have set my feet down in a wide-open place. ¹⁰Have pity on me, LORD, for I am in trouble; grief has worn out my eyes, my whole self, my body. ¹¹Sorrow is using up my life, and groaning my years; my guilt has made my strength give way, and my bones are wasting.^{b 12}All my enemies have made me a disgrace, above all to my neighbors; the people I know are afraid of me, and when they see me outside they run from me. ¹³People have put me out of their minds as if I had died; I am like a smashed pot. ¹⁴I hear many people whispering lies — terror everywhere! — as they plan together against me, scheming to take my life. ¹⁵But I put my trust in you, LORD; I tell you, “You alone are my God.” ¹⁶My whole life, every season of it, is in your hand; rescue me from the power of my enemies and from those chasing me. ¹⁷Turn the light of your face toward your servant; in your loyal love, save me. ¹⁸LORD, do not let me be disgraced, for I have called to you; let the disgrace fall on the wicked; let them lie silent in Sheol. ¹⁹May the lips that lie be struck dumb, lips that speak insolently against the righteous with pride and scorn. ²⁰How great is the good you keep in store for those who fear you, the good you do, for all to see, to those who make you their refuge! ²¹You hide them under the cover of your presence, away from human plotting; you keep them in a shelter, safe from quarrelsome tongues. ²²Blessed is the LORD, who has done a wonder of loyal love for me when I was in a city under siege. ²³In my panic I said, “I have been cut off, out of your sight.” Yet you heard my voice as I pleaded for mercy and cried out to you. ²⁴Love the LORD, all you who are loyal to him! The LORD watches over those who keep faith, but the one who acts proudly he repays in full measure. ²⁵Stand firm and be brave in heart, all of you who put your hope in the LORD.