Psalms 31
1 For the choir director. A psalm of David.
2 In you, LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame. Rescue me through your righteousness.
3 Turn your ear to me; rescue me quickly. Be a rock of refuge for me, a fortified house to save me.
4 For you are my rock and my fortress; for your name’s sake, lead me and guide me.
5 Pull me out of the net they hid for me, for you are my fortress.
6 Into your hands I entrust my spirit; you have redeemed me, LORD, God of truth.
7 I hate those who cling to worthless idols, but I trust in the LORD.
8 I will rejoice and be glad in your faithful love, because you have seen my affliction and known the anguish of my soul.
9 You did not hand me over to the enemy; you set my feet in a spacious place.
10 Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am in distress. My eyes are worn out from grief, and so are my soul and body.
11 My life is spent in sorrow, and my years in groaning; my strength falters because of my guilt, and my bones are worn away.
12 I have become a disgrace to all my adversaries, especially to my neighbors, and a terror to my acquaintances. Those who see me in the street flee from me.
13 I am forgotten in their hearts, like someone dead; I have become like a lost vessel.
14 For I have heard the slander of many—terror on every side—as they conspired together against me and plotted to take my life.
15 But I trust in you, LORD; I said, “You are my God.”
16 My times are in your hands; rescue me from the hands of my enemies and those who pursue me.
17 Make your face shine on your servant; save me through your faithful love.
18 LORD, let me not be put to shame, for I have called to you. Let the wicked be put to shame and silenced in Sheol.
19 Let lying lips fall silent, lips that speak insolently against the righteous with pride and contempt.
20 How great is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you and carried out before all people for those who take refuge in you!
21 You hide them in the shelter of your presence, far from human schemes; you keep them safe in a refuge, far from quarrelsome tongues.
22 Blessed be the LORD, for he has shown me his wonderful faithful love in a besieged city.
23 In my panic I said, “I am cut off from your sight.” Yet you heard my pleading voice when I cried to you for help.
24 Love the LORD, all you who are faithful to him. The LORD protects the faithful, but repays the one who acts proudly in full measure.
25 Be strong, and let your hearts take courage, all you who wait for the LORD.
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