Psalms 31

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1. 1LORD, I put my trust in you; never let me be put to shame. Deliver me in your righteousness.
2. 2Turn your ear to me; deliver me quickly. Be my strong rock, a house of defense to save me.
3. 3For you are my rock and my fortress; so for your name's sake, lead me and guide me.
4. 4Pull me out of the net they have secretly laid for me, for you are my strength.
5. 5Into your hand I commit my spirit. You have redeemed me, LORD, God of truth.
6. 6I have hated those who regard lying empty things, but I trust in the LORD.
7. 7I will be glad and rejoice in your mercy, for you have considered my trouble; you have known my soul in adversities.
8. 8You have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; you have set my feet in a wide place.
9. 9Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am in trouble. My eye is consumed with grief — yes, my soul and my belly.
10. 10For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing. My strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
11. 11I was a reproach among all my enemies, but especially among my neighbors, and a fear to my acquaintances. Those who saw me outside fled from me.
12. 12I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel.
13. 13For I have heard the slander of many; fear was on every side. While they took counsel together against me, they plotted to take away my life.
14. 14But I trusted in you, LORD. I said, 'You are my God.'
15. 15My times are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those who persecute me.
16. 16Make your face shine upon your servant. Save me for your mercy's sake.
17. 17LORD, do not let me be put to shame, for I have called on you. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them be silent in the grave.
18. 18Let the lying lips be put to silence, which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
19. 19Oh, how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who trust in you before the sons of men!
20. 20You shall hide them in the secret of your presence from the pride of man. You shall keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
21. 21Blessed be the LORD, for he has shown me his marvelous kindness in a strong city.
22. 22For I said in my haste, 'I am cut off from before your eyes.' Nevertheless you heard the voice of my supplications when I cried to you.
23. 23O love the LORD, all you his saints! For the LORD preserves the faithful and plentifully repays the proud doer.
24. 24Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all you who hope in the LORD.