Psalm 31:9–18

⁹Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am ^gin distress;

^hmy eye is wasted from grief;

my soul and my body also.

¹⁰For my life is spent with sorrow,

and my years with sighing;

my strength fails because of my iniquity,

and ⁱmy bones waste away.

¹¹Because of all my adversaries I have become ^ja reproach,

especially to my ^kneighbors,

and an object of dread to my acquaintances;

those who see me in the street ^lflee from me.

¹²I have been ^mforgotten like one who is dead;

I have become like ⁿa broken vessel.

¹³For I ^ohear the whispering of many—

terror on every side!—

^pas they scheme together against me,

as they plot to take my life.

¹⁴But I ^qtrust in you, O Lord;

I say, “You are my God.”

¹⁵My ^rtimes are in your hand;

^srescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors!

^16tMake your face shine on your servant;

save me in your steadfast love!

¹⁷O Lord, ^ulet me not be put to shame,

for I call upon you;

let the wicked be put to shame;

let them go ^vsilently to Sheol.

¹⁸Let the lying lips be mute,

which ^wspeak ^xinsolently against the righteous

in pride and contempt.