भजनसंग्रह 31

1 हे परमप्रभु, म तपाईंमाथि आश्रित हुन्छु मलाई निराश नपार्नुहोस्। मप्रति कृपालु हुनुहोस् र मेरो रक्षा गर्नुहोस्।

2 हे परमेश्वर, मप्रति ध्यान दिनुहोस्। चाँडै आउनु होस् अनि मलाई बचाउनु होस्। मेरो चट्टान हुनुहोस्। मेरो सुरक्षाको ठाउँ भइदिनु होस्। मेरो किल्ला बनिनुहोस् मेरो रक्षा गर्नुहोस्।

3 हे परमेश्वर, तपाईं मेरो रक्षक हुनुहुन्छ अनि तपाईं मेरो किल्ला हुनुहुन्छ। यसर्थ, तपाईंको सुरक्षाको निम्ति मेरो अगुवाइ गर्नुहोस् र मलाई निर्देश गर्नुहोस्।

4 मेरा शत्रुहरूले मेरै समक्ष पासो थापे। मलाई तिनीहरूको पासोबाट बचाउँनु होस्। तपाईं मेरो सुरक्षाको स्थान हुनुहुन्छ।

5 हे परमप्रभु, तपाईं परमेश्वर हुनुहुन्छ, जसमाथि हामी भरोसा गर्न सक्छौं। मैले आफ्नो जीवन तपाईंको हातमा राखिदिएँ, मलाई बचाउनु होस्!

6 म ती झूटा देवताहरू मान्नेहरूलाई घृणा गर्छु। म परमप्रभुमा मात्र भरोसा गर्छु।

7 हे परमेश्वर, तपाईंको विश्वासपूर्ण प्रेमको आनन्दमा म खुशी हुनेछु अनि नाच्नेछु। तपाईंले मेरो पीरहरू देख्नु भएको छ। मलाई भएका दुःख कष्टहरू तपाईं जान्नुहुन्छ।

8 तपाईंले मेरा शत्रुहरूलाई मलाई लिएर जानु दिनु भएन। तपाईंले तिनीहरूको पासोबाट मलाई बचाउनु भयो।

9 हे परमप्रभु, मसँग कैयौं दुःख-कष्टहरू छन् यसैले मप्रति कृपा-दृष्टि राख्नुहोस्। यसैले म यति साह्रो उदास छु मेरा आँखाहरू बिझाउँदैछन्। मेरो घोक्रो र भूँडीहरू दुखिरहेछन्।

10 मेरो जीवन उदासीनतामा समाप्त भइरहेछ। मेरो उमेर नैराश्यमा बितिरहेछ। मेरा संकटहरूले मेरो शक्ति नाश गर्दै लाँदैछ। मेरो शक्तिले मलाई छोड्दै गइरहेछ।

11 मेरा शत्रुहरूले मलाई हेला गर्छन्। अनि मेरा सम्पूर्ण छिमेकीहरूले पनि हेला गर्छन्। सबै मेरा आफन्तहरूले मलाई गल्लीमा देखेका छन्। तिनीहरू मसँग डराउँछन् जब गल्लीमा मलाई तिनीहरूले देख्छन्, तिनीहरू मलाई नदेखे झैं भान गर्छन्।

12 मानिसहरूले आफ्नो हराएको औजार जस्तै पूर्ण प्रकारले मलाई बिर्सिकाछन्।

13 मेरो विषयमा मानिसहरूले भनेका डरलाग्दा कुराहरू म सुन्छु। तिनीहरू मेरा विरोधीहरू भए। तिनीहरूले मलाई मार्ने योजना गरे।

14 तर हे परमप्रभु, म तपाईंमाथि भरोसा गर्छु। तपाईं नै मेरो परमेश्वर हुनुहुन्छ।

15 मेरो जीवन तपाईंको हातमा छ, मलाई मेरो शत्रुहरूदेखि बचाउनुहोस्। कतिपय मानिसहरूले मलाई खेदिरहेका छन्। मलाई तिनीहरूबाट बचाउनुहोस्।

16 कृपया स्वागत जनाएर तपाईंको दासलाई ग्रहण गर्नुहोस्। ममाथि कृपादृष्टि परोस् र मलाई बचाउनु होस्!

17 हे परमप्रभु, मैले तपाईंलाई प्रार्थना गरें। यसर्थ म असन्तुष्ट हुँदिन। दुष्ट मानिसहरू असन्तुष्ट हुनेछन्।तिनीहरू निस्तब्ध चिहानभित्र जानेछन्।

18 ती दुष्टहरू अंहकार गर्छन् अनि राम्रा मानिसहरूको विषयमा झूटा कुरा गर्छन्। ती दुष्टहरू घमण्डी छन्, तिनीहरूको झूटो बोल्ने ओंठहरू मौन हुनेछन्।

19 हे परमेश्वर! तपाईंले धेरै आश्चर्य-जनक कुराहरू आफ्ना भक्तजनहरूको निम्ति लुकाउनु भएको छ। तपाईंले असल कुराहरू प्रत्येक मानिसहरूलाई गर्नु हुन्छ जसले तपाईंलाई विश्वास गर्छन्।

20 धर्मी मानिसहरूलाई कष्ट दिनलाई दुष्टहरू एक जुट हुन्छन्। ती दुष्टहरू लडाइँ गर्न तैयार हुन्छन्। तर तपाईंले ती मानिसहरूलाई लुकाउनु हुन्छ र तिनीहरूको रक्षा गर्नु हुन्छ। तपाईंले तिनीहरूलाई आफ्नो छत्रछाँयामा जोगाउनु हुन्छ।

21 परमप्रभुको जय होस्! जब सम्पूर्ण शहरलाई शत्रुहरूले घेरेका थिए आफ्नो स्नेहपूर्ण करूणा अद्भूत प्रकारले मलाई देखाउनु भयो।

22 म भयभीत थिएँ अनि मैले भने, “म यस्तो ठाउँमा छु जहाँ परमेश्वरले मलाई देख्न सक्नु हुन्न। तर मैले तपाईंलाई प्रार्थना गरें, परमेश्वर अनि तपाईंले मेरो प्रार्थना सहायताका लागि सुन्नु भयो।”

23 हे परमेश्वरका भक्तजनहरू, तिमीहरूले परमप्रभुलाई प्रेम गर्नु पर्छ! परमप्रभुले तिनीहरूलाई रक्षा गर्नुहुन्छ जो उहाँप्रति विश्वासी छन्। तर परमप्रभुले तिनीहरूलाई दण्ड दिनुहुन्छ जसले आफ्नो बलको अहंकार गर्छन्। उहाँले तिनीहरूलाई दण्ड दिनुहुन्छ जो त्यसको लायक छन्।

24 बलियो र वीर होऊ, तिमीहरू सबै जो परमप्रभुको सहयोग पर्खिरहेका छौ।

1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

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

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

4 For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me.

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

6 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.

7 I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the Lord.

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

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

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

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

12 I 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.

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

14 For 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.

15 But I trusted in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God.

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

17 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’ sake.

18 Let 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.

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

20 Oh 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!

21 Thou 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.

22 Blessed be the Lord: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.

23 For 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.

24 O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.

25 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.

0 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, who spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said,

1 I will love thee, O Lord, my strength.

2 The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

3 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

6 In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.

7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.

8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.

10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.

11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.

13 The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.

14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.

15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.

17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.

18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.

19 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

20 The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.

23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.

24 Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;

26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.

27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.

28 For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.

29 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.

30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.

31 For who is God save the Lord? or who is a rock save our God?

32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.

33 He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, and setteth me upon my high places.

34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.

36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.

37 I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.

38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.

39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.

41 They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the Lord, but he answered them not.

42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.

43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.

44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.

45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.

46 The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.

47 It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.

48 He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.

49 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.

50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.