Psalm 31:1–18

^1aIn You, O Yahweh, I have taken refuge;

Let me never ^bbe ashamed;

^cIn Your righteousness protect me.

^2aIncline Your ear to me, deliver me quickly;

Be to me a ^brock of ¹strength,

A fortress to save me.

³For You are my ^1ahigh rock and my fortress;

For ^bYour name’s sake You will lead me and guide me.

⁴You will ^abring me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me,

For You are my ^bstrength.

^5aInto Your hand I commit my spirit;

You have ^bransomed me, O Yahweh, ^cGod of truth.

⁶I hate those who ^aregard worthless idols,

But I ^btrust in Yahweh.

⁷I will ^arejoice and be glad in Your lovingkindness,

Because You have ^bseen my affliction;

You have known the troubles of my soul,

⁸And You have not ^agiven me over into the hand of the enemy;

You have set my feet in a large place.

⁹Be gracious to me, O Yahweh, for ^aI am in distress;

My ^beye is wasted away from grief, ^cmy soul and ¹my body also.

¹⁰For my life is worn down with ^asorrow

And my years with sighing;

My ^bstrength fails because of my iniquity,

And ^cmy bones waste away.

¹¹Among all my adversaries, I have become a ^areproach,

Especially to my ^bneighbors,

And an object of dread to my acquaintances;

Those who see me in the street flee from me.

¹²I am ^aforgotten like a dead man—out of ¹mind—

I am like a broken vessel.

¹³For I have heard ^1athe bad report of many,

^bTerror is on every side;

While they ^ctook counsel together against me,

They ^dschemed to take my life.

¹⁴But as for me, I trust in You, O Yahweh,

I say, “^aYou are my God.”

¹⁵My ^atimes are in Your hand;

^bDeliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those who pursue me.

¹⁶Make Your ^aface to shine upon Your slave;

^bSave me in Your lovingkindness.

¹⁷O Yahweh, let me not be ^aput to shame, for I call upon You;

Let the ^bwicked be put to shame, let them ^cbe silent in Sheol.

¹⁸Let the ^alying lips be mute,

Which ^bspeak arrogantly against the righteous

With lofty pride and contempt.