Psalms Chapter 31 | KJV & Biblical Hebrew

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לַמְנַצֵּ֬חַ מִזְמ֖וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃

KJVTo the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

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בְּךָ֣ יְ֭הוָה חָסִ֑יתִי אַל אֵב֥וֹשָׁ֗ה לְעוֹלָ֗ם בְּצִדְקָתְךָ֥ פַלְּטֵֽנִי׃

KJVIn thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.

In you, O LORD, do I take refuge; let me never be put to shame; in your righteousness deliver me!

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הַטֵּ֣ה אֵ֭לַי אָזְנְךָ֗ מְהֵרָ֗ה הַצִּ֥ילֵנִי הֱיֵ֥ה לִ֥י לְצ֥וּר מָעוֹז לְבֵ֣ית מְצוּד֣וֹת לְהוֹשִׁיעֵֽנִי׃

KJVBow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.

Incline your ear to me; rescue me speedily! Be a rock of refuge for me, a strong fortress to save me!

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כִּ֣י סַ֭לְעִי וּמְצוּדָתִ֑י אָ֝תָּ֗ה וּלְמַ֣עַן שִׁמְךָ֣ תַנְחֵ֣נִי וּתְנַהֲלֵֽנִי׃

KJVFor thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.

For you are my rock and my fortress; and for your name's sake you lead me and guide me;

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תּוֹצִיאֵ֗נִי מֵרֶ֣שֶׁת ז֭וּ טָמְנ֣וּ לִ֑י כִּ֝י אַתָּ֗ה מָעוּזִּֽי׃

KJVPull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.

you take me out of the net they have hidden for me, for you are my refuge.

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בְּיָדְךָ֗ אַפְקִ֫יד רוּחִ֥י פָּדִ֥יתָה אוֹתִ֑י יְ֝הוָ֗ה אֵ֣ל אֱמֶֽת׃

KJVInto thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.

Into your hand I commit my spirit; you have redeemed me, O LORD, faithful God.

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שָׂנֵ֗אתִי הַשֹּׁמְרִ֥ים הַבְלֵי שָׁ֑וְא וַ֝אֲנִ֗י אֶל יְהוָ֥ה בָּטָֽחְתִּי׃

KJVI have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.

I hate those who pay regard to worthless idols, but I trust in the LORD.

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אָגִ֣ילָה וְ֭אֶשְׂמְחָה בְּחַסְדֶּ֑ךָ אֲשֶׁ֤ר רָאִ֥יתָ אֶת עָנְיִ֗י יָדַ֥עְתָּ בְּצָר֥וֹת נַפְשִֽׁי׃

KJVI will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;

I will rejoice and be glad in your steadfast love, because you have seen my affliction; you have known the distress of my soul,

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וְלֹ֣א הִ֭סְגַּרְתַּנִי בְּיַד אוֹיֵ֑ב הֶ֝עֱמַ֗דְתָּ בַמֶּרְחָ֥ב רַגְלָֽי׃

KJVAnd hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.

and have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy; you have set my feet in a broad place.

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חָנֵּ֥נִי יְ֭הוָה כִּ֣י צַר לִ֑י עָשְׁשָׁ֥ה בְ֝כַ֗עַס עֵינִ֗י נַפְשִׁ֥י וּבִטְנִֽי׃

KJVHave mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.

Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eye is wasted from grief; my soul and my body also.

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כִּ֤י כָלוּ֙ בְיָג֣וֹן חַיַּ֔י וּשְׁנוֹתַ֖י בַּאֲנָחָ֑ה כָּשַׁ֤ל בַּעֲוֹנִ֙י כֹחִ֔י וַעֲצָמַ֖י עָשֵֽׁשׁוּ׃

KJVFor my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones waste away.

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מִכָּל צֹרְרַ֗י הָ֫יִ֥יתִי חֶרְפָּ֗ה וְלִשְׁכֵנַ֥י מְאֹד֮ וּפַ֪חַד לִֽמְיֻדָּ֫עָ֥י רֹאַ֣י בַּח֣וּץ נָ֭דְדוּ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃

KJVI was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.

Because of all my adversaries I have become a reproach, especially to my neighbors, and an object of dread to my acquaintances; those who see me in the street flee from me.

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נִשְׁכַּ֗חְתִּי כְּמֵ֫ת מִלֵּ֥ב הָ֭יִיתִי כִּכְלִ֣י אֹבֵ֑ד כִּ֝י שָׁמַ֗עְתִּי דִּבַּ֥ת רַבִּֽים׃

KJVI am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.

I have been forgotten like one who is dead; I have become like a broken vessel.

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מְגוֹר מִסָּ֥בִיב בְּהִוָּסְדָ֣ם יַ֭חַד עָלַ֑י לָקַ֥חַת נַ֝פְשִׁ֗י זָמָֽמוּ׃

KJVFor I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

For I hear the whispering of many — terror on every side! — as they scheme together against me, as they plot to take my life.

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וַאֲנִ֗י עָ֭לֶיךָ בָטַ֣חְתִּי יְ֑הוָה אָ֝מַ֗רְתִּי אֱלֹהַ֥י אָֽתָּה׃

KJVBut I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.

But I trust in you, O LORD; I say: You are my God.

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בְּיָדְךָ֣ עִ֭תֹּתָי הַצִּילֵ֗נִי מִיַּ֤ד אוֹיְבַ֥י וּמֵרֹדְפָֽי׃

KJVMy times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

My times are in your hand; rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors!

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הָאִ֥ירָה פָנֶ֥יךָ עַ֝ל עַבְדֶּ֗ךָ הוֹשִׁיעֵ֥נִי בְחַסְדֶּֽךָ׃

KJVMake thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.

Make your face shine on your servant; save me in your steadfast love!

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יְהוָ֗ה אַל אֵב֫וֹשָׁ֥ה כִּ֤י קְרָאתִ֗יךָ יֵבֹ֥שׁוּ רְשָׁעִ֑ים יִדְּמ֥וּ לִ֝שְׁא֗וֹל׃

KJVLet me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.

O LORD, let me not be put to shame, for I call upon you; let the wicked be put to shame; let them go silently to Sheol.

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תֵּאָלַ֣מְנָה שִׂפְתֵ֣י שָׁ֑קֶר הַ֝דֹּבְר֗וֹת עַל צַדִּ֥יק עָתָ֗ק בְּגַאֲוָ֗ה וָבֽוּז׃

KJVLet the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

Let the lying lips be mute, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.

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מָ֥ה רַב טוּבְךָ֗ אֲשֶׁ֫ר צָפַ֥נְתָּ לִּֽירֵאֶ֑יךָ פָּ֝עַ֗לְתָּ לַחֹסִ֥ים בָּֽךְ נֶ֣גֶד בְּנֵ֣י אָדָֽם׃

KJVOh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!

Oh, how abundant is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you and worked for those who take refuge in you, in the sight of the children of mankind!

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תַּסְתִּירֵ֗ם בְּסֵ֫תֶ֥ר פָּנֶ֗יךָ מֵֽרֻכְסֵ֥י אִ֑ישׁ תִּ֝צְפְּנֵ֗ם בְּסֻכָּ֥ה מֵרִ֥יב לְשֹׁנֽוֹת׃

KJVThou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

In the cover of your presence you hide them from the plots of men; you store them in your shelter from the strife of tongues.

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בָּר֣וּךְ יְ֭הוָה כִּ֥י הִפְלִ֗יא חַסְד֥וֹ לִ֗י בְּעִ֣יר מָצ֑וֹר׃

KJVBlessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.

Blessed be the LORD, for he has wondrously shown his steadfast love to me when I was in a besieged city.

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וַאֲנִ֤י ׀ אָמַ֣רְתִּי בְ֭חָפְזִי נִגְרַזְתִּ֗י מִנֶּ֣גֶד עֵינֶ֑יךָ אָ֝כֵן שָׁמַ֗עְתָּ ק֣וֹל תַּחֲנוּנַ֣י בְּשַׁוְּעִ֣י אֵלֶֽיךָ׃

KJVFor 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.

I had said in my alarm: I am cut off from your sight. But you heard the voice of my pleas for mercy when I cried to you for help.

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אֶהֱב֣וּ אֶת יְ֭הוָה כָּל חֲסִידָ֑יו אֱ֝מוּנִ֗ים נֹצֵ֥ר יְהוָֽה׃

KJVO love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.

Love the LORD, all you his saints! The LORD preserves the faithful but abundantly repays the one who acts in pride.

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חִ֭זְקוּ וְיַאֲמֵ֣ץ לְבַבְכֶ֑ם כָּ֝ל הַמְיַחֲלִ֗ים לַיהוָֽה׃

KJVBe of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.

Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the LORD!

Psalms — Chapter 31