Psalm 30 — The Holy Bible

For the End; a psalm by David; of ecstasy.

In You, O Lord, I hope; may I not be ashamed forever;

In Your righteousness deliver and rescue me.

Incline Your ear to me;

Rescue me speedily;

Be to me a God who protects me,

And a house of refuge to save me.

For You are my strength and my refuge,

And for Your name's sake You will guide and sustain me;

For You will bring me out from the snare they hid for me;

For You are my protector.

Into Your hands I shall entrust my spirit;

You redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.

You hate those who maintain their empty vanities,

But I hope in the Lord.

I will greatly rejoice and be glad because of Your mercy,

For You beheld my humiliation;

You saved my soul from distress,

And did not shut me up into the hands of the enemy;

You set my feet in a wide place.

Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am afflicted;

My eye is troubled with anger;

So are my soul and my stomach.

For my life is wasted with grief

And my years with sighing;

My strength is weakened with poverty,

And my bones are troubled.

I became a reproach among all my enemies,

And especially to all my neighbors,

And a fear to all my acquaintances;

Those who saw me outside fled from me.

I am forgotten like one whose heart is lifeless;

I was made like a vessel that is utterly broken.

For I heard the blame of many who dwell round about

When they were gathered together against me,

When they plotted to take my life.

But as for me, I hope in You, O Lord;

I said, “You are my God.”

My times are in Your hands;

Deliver me from the hand of my enemies,

And from those who persecute me.

Make Your face shine upon Your servant;

Save me in Your mercy.

O Lord, do not let me be ashamed, because I call upon You;

Let the ungodly be ashamed,

And lead them down into Hades.

Let deceitful lips become speechless

When they speak lawlessness against the righteous

With arrogance and contempt.

How great, O Lord, is the abundance of Your goodness

You hide for those who fear You,

Which You will work for those who hope in You

In the sight of the sons of men.

You shall hide them in the secret of Your presence from the disturbance of men;

You will shelter them in Your tabernacle from the contradiction of tongues.

Blessed is the Lord,

For He magnified His mercy in a fortified city.

But I said in my ecstasy,

“Indeed, I am cast away from the countenance of Your eyes.”

Therefore You heard the voice of my supplication

When I cried to You.

Love the Lord, all you His saints,

For the Lord seeks out truth,

And He repays those who act with great arrogance.

Be courageous, and let your heart be strengthened,

All who hope in the Lord.