Psalm 31

A Plea for Protection

For the choir director. A psalm of David.

Lord, I seek refuge in you;
let me never be disgraced.(A)
Save me by your righteousness.

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Psalm 31[a](A)

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

In you, Lord, I have taken refuge;(B)
    let me never be put to shame;
    deliver me in your righteousness.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 31:1 In Hebrew texts 31:1-24 is numbered 31:2-25.

16 They rejoice in your name all day long,
and they are exalted by your righteousness.(A)

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16 They rejoice in your name(A) all day long;
    they celebrate your righteousness.

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40 How I long for your precepts!(A)
Give me life through your righteousness.

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40 How I long(A) for your precepts!
    In your righteousness preserve my life.(B)

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14 Even if these three men(A)—Noah,(B) Daniel,(C) and Job(D)—were in it, they would rescue only themselves by their righteousness.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

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14 even if these three men—Noah,(A) Daniel[a](B) and Job(C)—were in it, they could save only themselves by their righteousness,(D) declares the Sovereign Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 14:14 Or Danel, a man of renown in ancient literature; also in verse 20

20 Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live”—the declaration of the Lord God—“they could not rescue their son or daughter. They would rescue only themselves by their righteousness.

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20 as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, even if Noah, Daniel and Job were in it, they could save neither son nor daughter. They would save only themselves by their righteousness.(A)

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22 None of the transgressions he has committed will be held against him.(A) He will live because of the righteousness he has practiced.(B)

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22 None of the offenses they have committed will be remembered against them. Because of the righteous things they have done, they will live.(A)

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