Psalm 31:1–18

In thee, Jehovah, do I trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness. Incline thine ear to me, deliver me speedily; be a strong rock to me, a house of defence to save me. For thou art my rock and my fortress; and, for thy name’s sake, thou wilt lead me and guide me. Draw me out of the net that they have hidden for me; for thou art my strength. Into thy hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, Jehovah, thou •God of truth. I have hated them that observe lying vanities; and as for me, I have confided in Jehovah. I will be glad and rejoice in thy loving-kindness, for thou hast seen mine affliction; thou hast known the troubles of my soul, And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large place.

⁹Be gracious unto me, Jehovah, for I am in trouble: mine eye wasteth away with vexation, my soul and my belly. ¹⁰For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength faileth through mine iniquity, and my bones are wasted. ¹¹More than to all mine oppressors, I am become exceedingly a reproach, even to my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that see me without flee from me. ¹²I am forgotten in their heart as a dead man; I am become like a broken vessel. ¹³For I have heard the slander of many—terror on every side—when they take counsel together against me: they plot to take away my life. ¹⁴But I confided in thee, Jehovah; I said, thou art my God. ¹⁵My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from my persecutors. ¹⁶Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; save me in thy loving-kindness. ¹⁷Jehovah, let me not be ashamed; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, let them be silent in Sheol. ¹⁸Let the lying lips become dumb, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.