^{1 Ref} <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> In you, O Lord, have I put my hope; let me never be shamed; keep me safe in your righteousness.

^{2 Ref} Let your ear be turned to me; take me quickly out of danger; be my strong Rock, my place of strength where I may be safe.

^{3 Ref} For you are my Rock and my strong tower; go in front of me and be my guide, because of your name.

^{4 Ref} Take me out of the net which they have put ready for me secretly; for you are my strength.

^{5 Ref} Into your hands I give my spirit; you are my saviour, O Lord God for ever true.

^{6 Ref} I am full of hate for those who go after false gods; but my hope is in the Lord.

^{7 Ref} I will be glad and have delight in your mercy; because you have seen my trouble; you have had pity on my soul in its sorrows;

^{8 Ref} And you have not given me into the hand of my hater; you have put my feet in a wide place.

^{9 Ref} Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; my eyes are wasted with grief, I am wasted in soul and body.

^{10 Ref} My life goes on in sorrow, and my years in weeping; my strength is almost gone because of my sin, and my bones are wasted away.

^{11 Ref} Because of all those who are against me, I have become a word of shame to my neighbours; a cause of shaking the head and a fear to my friends: those who saw me in the street went in flight from me.

^{12 Ref} I have gone from men's minds and memory like a dead man; I am like a broken vessel.

^{13 Ref} False statements against me have come to my ears; fear was on every side: they were talking together against me, designing to take away my life.

^{14 Ref} But I had faith in you, O Lord; I said, You are my God.

^{15 Ref} The chances of my life are in your hand; take me out of the hands of my haters, and of those who go after me.

^{16 Ref} Let your servant see the light of your face; in your mercy be my saviour.

^{17 Ref} Let me not be shamed, O Lord, for I have made my prayer to you; let the sinners be shamed, and let their mouths be shut in the underworld.

^{18 Ref} Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.

^{19 Ref} O how great is your grace, which you have put in store for your worshippers, and which you have made clear to those who had faith in you, before the sons of men!

^{20 Ref} You will keep them safe in your house from the designs of man; in the secret of your tent will you keep them from angry tongues.

^{21 Ref} May the Lord be praised, because he has made clear to me the wonder of his grace in a strong town.

^{22 Ref} And as for me, I said in my fear, I am cut off from before your eyes; but you gave ear to the voice of my prayer, when my cry went up to you.

^{23 Ref} O have love for the Lord, all you his saints; for the Lord keeps safe from danger all those who are true to him, and gives the workers of pride their right reward.

^{24 Ref} Put away fear and let your heart be strong, all you whose hope is in the Lord.

^{1 Ref} In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge; Let me never be put to shame: Deliver me in thy righteousness.

^{2 Ref} Bow down thine ear unto me; deliver me speedily: Be thou to me a strong rock, A house of defence to save me.

^{3 Ref} For thou art my rock and my fortress; Therefore for thy name's sake lead me and guide me.

^{4 Ref} Pluck me out of the net that they have laid privily for me; For thou art my stronghold.

^{5 Ref} Into thy hand I commend my spirit: Thou hast redeemed me, O Jehovah, thou God of truth.

^{6 Ref} I hate them that regard lying vanities; But I trust in Jehovah.

^{7 Ref} I will be glad and rejoice in thy lovingkindness; For thou hast seen my affliction: Thou hast known my soul in adversities;

^{8 Ref} And thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; Thou hast set my feet in a large place.

^{9 Ref} Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress: Mine eye wasteth away with grief, `yea', my soul and my body.

^{10 Ref} For my life is spent with sorrow, And my years with sighing: My strength faileth because of mine iniquity, And my bones are wasted away.

^{11 Ref} Because of all mine adversaries I am become a reproach, Yea, unto my neighbors exceedingly, And a fear to mine acquaintance: They that did see me without fled from me.

^{12 Ref} I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.

^{13 Ref} For I have heard the defaming of many, Terror on every side: While they took counsel together against me, They devised to take away my life.

^{14 Ref} But I trusted in thee, O Jehovah: I said, Thou art my God.

^{15 Ref} My times are in thy hand: Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

^{16 Ref} Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: Save me in thy lovingkindness.

^{17 Ref} Let me not be put to shame, O Jehovah; for I have called upon thee: Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol.

^{18 Ref} Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and contempt.

^{19 Ref} Oh how great is thy goodness, Which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, Which thou hast wrought for them that take refuge in thee, Before the sons of men!

^{20 Ref} In the covert of thy presence wilt thou hide them from the plottings of man: Thou wilt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

^{21 Ref} Blessed be Jehovah; For he hath showed me his marvellous lovingkindness in a strong city.

^{22 Ref} As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications When I cried unto thee.

^{23 Ref} Oh love Jehovah, all ye his saints: Jehovah preserveth the faithful, And plentifully rewardeth him that dealeth proudly.

^{24 Ref} Be strong, and let your heart take courage, All ye that hope in Jehovah. Psalm 32 `A Psalm' of David. Maschil.