Psalm 31:9–24

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

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

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

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

11  I 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.

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

I am like †a broken vessel.

13  aFor 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.

14  But cI trusted in thee, O Lord:

I said, Thou art my God.

15  dMy times are in thy hand:

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

16  fMake thy face to shine upon thy servant:

Save me for thy mercies’ sake.

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

Let the wicked be ashamed, and h||let them be silent in the grave.

18  Let the lying lips be put to silence;

Which speak †grievous things iproudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

19  Oh how great is thy goodness, kwhich thou hast laid up for them that fear thee;

Which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee

lBefore the sons of men!

20  Thou shalt hide them in mthe secret of thy presence from the pride of man:

Thou shalt nokeep them secretly in a pavilion from othe strife of tongues.

21  Blessed be the Lord: for phe hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a ||strong city.

22  For qI said in my haste, rI am cut off sfrom before thine eyes:

Nevertheless thou heardest ssthe voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.

23  O love the Lord, all ye his tsaints:

For the Lord preserveth the faithful,

And plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.

24  uBe of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart,

All ye that xhope in the Lord.