Psalm 31:1–18

^aIn thee, O Lord, do I put my trust;

^aLet me never be ashamed:

^bDeliver me in thy righteousness.

^2cBow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily:

Be thou my strong rock,

For a house of ^ddefence to save me.

^3dFor thou art my rock and my fortress;

Therefore ^efor thy name’s sake ^flead me, and ^gguide me.

^4hPull me out of the ⁱnet that they have laid privily for me:

For ⁱⁱthou art my strength.

^5jInto thine hand I commit my spirit:

Thou hast redeemed me, O Lord ^kGod of truth.

^6lI have hated them that ^mregard lying vanities:

But ⁿI trust in the Lord.

⁷I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy:

For thou hast considered my trouble;

Thou hast ^oknown my soul in adversities;

⁸And hast not ^pshut me up into the hand of the enemy:

Thou hast set my feet ^qin a large room.

^9rHave mercy upon me, O Lord, for ^rrI am in trouble:

^sMine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.

¹⁰For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing:

My strength faileth because of mine ^tiniquity, and ^umy bones are consumed.

¹¹I was a reproach among all mine enemies,

But ^wespecially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine ^xacquaintance:

^yThey that did see me without fled from me.

¹²I ^zam forgotten as a dead man out of mind:

I am like a broken vessel.

^13aFor I have heard the slander of many:

^abFear was on every side:

While they took counsel together against me,

They devised to take away my life.

¹⁴But ^cI trusted in thee, O Lord:

I said, Thou art my God.

^15dMy times are in thy hand:

^eDeliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and ^efrom them that persecute me.

^16fMake thy face to shine upon thy servant:

Save me for thy mercy’s sake.

^17gLet me not be ashamed, O Lord; for I have called upon thee:

Let the wicked be ashamed, and ^hlet them be silent in the grave.

¹⁸Let the lying lips be put to silence;

Which speak grievous things ⁱproudly and contemptuously against the righteous.