## Psalms Chapter 31

###### Psalms 31:1
[Psalms 31:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/31:1)

לַמְנַצֵּ֗חַ מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For the conductor, a psalm of David.


###### Psalms 31:2
[Psalms 31:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/31:2)

בְּךָֽ־יְהֹוָ֣ה חָ֭סִיתִי אַל־אֵב֣וֹשָׁה לְעוֹלָ֑ם בְּצִדְקָתְךָ֥ פַלְּטֵֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
In Thee, O Lord, do I take refuge; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in Thy righteousness.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
In You, O L rd, have I trusted — let me never be shamed; save me in Your righteousness.


###### Psalms 31:3
[Psalms 31:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/31:3)

הַטֵּ֤ה אֵלַ֨י**׀** אׇזְנְךָ֮ מְהֵרָ֢ה הַצִּ֫ילֵ֥נִי הֱיֵ֤ה לִ֨י**׀** לְֽצוּר־מָ֭עוֹז לְבֵ֥ית מְצוּד֗וֹת לְהוֹשִׁיעֵֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Incline Thy ear to me; deliver me speedily: be Thou my strong rock, a fortress of defence to save me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Incline Your ear to me. Save me quickly. Be a rock of strength to me; a fortress to save me.


###### Psalms 31:4
[Psalms 31:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/31:4)

כִּֽי־סַלְעִ֣י וּמְצוּדָתִ֣י אָ֑תָּה וּלְמַ֥עַן שִׁ֝מְךָ֗ תַּֽנְחֵ֥נִי וּֽתְנַהֲלֵֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For Thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for Thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For You are my rock and my fortress. For Your name's sake, lead me and guide me.


###### Psalms 31:5
[Psalms 31:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/31:5)

תּוֹצִיאֵ֗נִי מֵרֶ֣שֶׁת ז֭וּ טָ֣מְנוּ לִ֑י כִּי־אַ֝תָּ֗ה מָעוּזִּֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Pull me out of the net that they have hidden for me: for Thou art my stronghold.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Release me from this net they have laid down for me, for You are my strength.


###### Psalms 31:6
[Psalms 31:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/31:6)

בְּיָדְךָ֮ אַפְקִ֢יד ר֫וּחִ֥י פָּדִ֖יתָ אוֹתִ֥י יְהֹוָ֗ה אֵ֣ל אֱמֶֽת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Into Thy hand I commit my spirit: Thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
To Your hand I commit my soul, [for] You redeem me, O L rd, G d of truth.


###### Psalms 31:7
[Psalms 31:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/31:7)

שָׂנֵ֗אתִי הַשֹּׁמְרִ֥ים הַבְלֵי־שָׁ֑וְא וַ֝אֲנִ֗י אֶל־יְהֹוָ֥ה בָּטָֽחְתִּי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I hate them that regard vain idols: but I trust in the Lord.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I have hated the hopers in vanities [i.e., idolatry]. As for me, I have trusted to the L rd.


###### Psalms 31:8
[Psalms 31:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/31:8)

אָגִ֥ילָה וְאֶשְׂמְחָ֗ה בְּחַ֫סְדֶּ֥ךָ אֲשֶׁ֣ר רָ֭אִיתָ אֶת־עׇנְיִ֑י יָ֝דַ֗עְתָּ בְּצָר֥וֹת נַפְשִֽׁי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will be glad and rejoice in Thy loyal love: for Thou hast considered my affliction: Thou hast known the troubles of my soul;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I shall regale and rejoice in Your lovingkindness; in Your seeing my affliction; in Your knowing the straits of my soul.


###### Psalms 31:9
[Psalms 31:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/31:9)

וְלֹ֣א הִ֭סְגַּרְתַּנִי בְּיַד־אוֹיֵ֑ב הֶעֱמַ֖דְתָּ בַמֶּרְחָ֣ב רַגְלָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and Thou hast not delivered me up into the hand of the enemy: Thou hast set my feet in a broad place.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You did not hand me over to the foe; You set my feet in a broad place.


###### Psalms 31:10
[Psalms 31:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/31:10)

חׇנֵּ֥נִי יְהֹוָה֮ כִּ֤י צַ֫ר־לִ֥י עָשְׁשָׁ֖ה בְכַ֥עַס עֵינִ֗י נַפְשִׁ֥י וּבִטְנִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: my eye is consumed with grief, my soul and my body.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Be gracious unto me, O L rd, for I am sore afflicted. My eye is dimmed with woe; my soul and my innards.


###### Psalms 31:11
[Psalms 31:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/31:11)

כִּ֤י כָל֪וּ בְיָג֡וֹן חַיַּי֮ וּשְׁנוֹתַ֢י בַּאֲנָ֫חָ֥ה כָּשַׁ֣ל בַּעֲוֺנִ֣י כֹחִ֑י וַעֲצָמַ֥י עָשֵֽׁשׁוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones are wasted away.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For my life is consumed in sorrow, and my years in sighing. My strength is sapped by my sin and my bones are worn away.


###### Psalms 31:12
[Psalms 31:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/31:12)

מִכׇּל־צֹרְרַ֨י הָיִ֪יתִי חֶרְפָּ֡ה וְלִ֥שְׁכֵנַ֨י**׀** מְאֹד֮ וּפַ֢חַד לִֽמְיֻדָּ֫עָ֥י רֹאַ֥י בַּח֑וּץ נָדְד֥וּ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I am the scorn of all my adversaries, and very much of my neighbours, and a dread to my acquaintances: those who see me in the street flee from me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I have been [rendered an object of] fear to those who know me. Those who see me out [of doors] move away from me.


###### Psalms 31:13
[Psalms 31:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/31:13)

נִ֭שְׁכַּחְתִּי כְּמֵ֣ת מִלֵּ֑ב הָ֝יִ֗יתִי כִּכְלִ֥י אֹבֵֽד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I have been forgotten, as a dead one, from the heart; I have become as a lost vessel.


###### Psalms 31:14
[Psalms 31:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/31:14)

כִּ֤י שָׁמַ֨עְתִּי**׀** דִּבַּ֥ת רַבִּים֮ מָג֢וֹר מִסָּ֫בִ֥יב בְּהִוָּסְדָ֣ם יַ֣חַד עָלַ֑י לָקַ֖חַת נַפְשִׁ֣י זָמָֽמוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For I have heard the slander of many: fear on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For I have heard the plotting of the many, [who strike me with] terror roundabout, when they take counsel together against me, scheming to take my soul.


###### Psalms 31:15
[Psalms 31:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/31:15)

וַאֲנִ֤י**׀** עָלֶ֣יךָ בָטַ֣חְתִּי יְהֹוָ֑ה אָ֝מַ֗רְתִּי אֱלֹהַ֥י אָֽתָּה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But I trusted in Thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
But I have trusted in You, O L rd; I have said: You are my G d [and You will rescue me].


###### Psalms 31:16
[Psalms 31:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/31:16)

בְּיָדְךָ֥ עִתֹּתָ֑י הַצִּ֘ילֵ֤נִי מִיַּד־א֝וֹיְבַ֗י וּמֵֽרֹדְפָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My times are in Thy hand: deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
In your hand [i.e., by Your decree] are my times [(good and ill)]; save me from the hand of my foes and my pursuers.


###### Psalms 31:17
[Psalms 31:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/31:17)

הָאִ֣ירָה פָ֭נֶיךָ עַל־עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ ה֖וֹשִׁיעֵ֣נִי בְחַסְדֶּֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Make Thy face to shine upon Thy servant: save me by Thy loyal love.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Illumine Your face to Your servant; save me with Your lovingkindness.


###### Psalms 31:18
[Psalms 31:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/31:18)

יְֽהֹוָ֗ה אַל־אֵ֭בוֹשָׁה כִּ֣י קְרָאתִ֑יךָ יֵבֹ֥שׁוּ רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים יִדְּמ֥וּ לִשְׁאֽוֹל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let me not be ashamed, O Lord; for I have called upon Thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in She᾽ol.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
O L rd, let me not be shamed, for I have called upon You [(so that my being shamed would redound to Your dishonor)]. Let the wicked be shamed. Let them be silenced to Sheol.


###### Psalms 31:19
[Psalms 31:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/31:19)

תֵּ֥אָלַ֗מְנָה שִׂפְתֵ֫י־שָׁ֥קֶר הַדֹּבְר֖וֹת עַל־צַדִּ֥יק עָתָ֗ק בְּגַאֲוָ֥ה וָבֽוּז׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak arrogant words, proudly and contemptuously, against the righteous.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let the lying lips be silenced, which speak falsehood against the righteous one [(saying to Saul about me: "David is plotting against you")], in haughtiness and scorn.


###### Psalms 31:20
[Psalms 31:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/31:20)

מָ֤ה רַֽב־טוּבְךָ֮ אֲשֶׁר־צָפַ֢נְתָּ לִּירֵ֫אֶ֥יךָ פָּ֭עַלְתָּ לַחֹסִ֣ים בָּ֑ךְ נֶ֝֗גֶד בְּנֵ֣י אָדָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Oh how great is Thy goodness, which Thou has laid up for those who fear Thee; which Thou hast performed for those who trust in Thee in the sight of the sons of men!

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
How great is Your good that You have stored up [(in the world to come)] for those who fear You! [But] would that You wrought for those who take shelter in You against the sons of men [(in this world)]!


###### Psalms 31:21
[Psalms 31:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/31:21)

תַּסְתִּירֵ֤ם**׀** בְּסֵ֥תֶר פָּנֶיךָ֮ מֵרֻכְסֵ֫י־אִ֥ישׁ תִּצְפְּנֵ֥ם בְּסֻכָּ֗ה מֵרִ֥יב לְשֹׁנֽוֹת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou hidest them in the covert of Thy presence from the plots of men: Thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Hide them [("those who take shelter in You")] in the covert of Your countenance from those who band [against them]. Secrete them in concealment from the taunting of tongues.


###### Psalms 31:22
[Psalms 31:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/31:22)

בָּר֥וּךְ יְהֹוָ֑ה כִּ֥י הִפְלִ֘יא־חַסְדּ֥וֹ לִ֝֗י בְּעִ֣יר מָצֽוֹר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Blessed be the Lord: for he has shown me his marvellous love in a strong city.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Blessed is the L rd, for He has made His lovingkindness wondrous to me in a city under siege [I Samuel 23:7-12].


###### Psalms 31:23
[Psalms 31:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/31:23)

וַאֲנִ֤י**׀** אָ֘מַ֤רְתִּי בְחׇפְזִ֗י נִגְרַזְתִּי֮ מִנֶּ֢גֶד עֵ֫ינֶ֥יךָ אָכֵ֗ן שָׁ֭מַעְתָּ ק֥וֹל תַּחֲנוּנַ֗י בְּשַׁוְּעִ֥י אֵלֶֽיךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before Thy eyes: nevertheless Thou didst hear the voice of my supplications when I cried to Thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I said [in my heart] in my haste [(in the desert of Maon, after escaping the siege)]: I have been cut off from before Your eyes. But [even then] You heard the voice of my supplications when I cried out to You.


###### Psalms 31:24
[Psalms 31:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/31:24)

אֶ֥הֱב֥וּ אֶֽת־יְהֹוָ֗ה כׇּֽל־חֲסִ֫ידָ֥יו אֱ֭מוּנִים נֹצֵ֣ר יְהֹוָ֑ה וּמְשַׁלֵּ֥ם עַל־יֶ֝֗תֶר עֹשֵׂ֥ה גַאֲוָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O love the Lord, all his pious ones: for the Lord preserves the faithful, and plentifully repays him who acts haughtily.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Love the L rd, all His saintly ones! The L rd guards the faithful and requites the excess [(of haughtiness)] of the workers of pride.


###### Psalms 31:25
[Psalms 31:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/31:25)

חִ֭זְקוּ וְיַאֲמֵ֣ץ לְבַבְכֶ֑ם כׇּל־הַ֝מְיַחֲלִ֗ים לַֽיהֹוָֽה׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Be of good courage, and let your heart be strong, all you who hope in the Lord.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[(Seeing, then, how He has wrought for me)] strengthen and fortify your hearts, all who hope in the L rd.