Psalm 31:1–18

¹In ^aYou, O Lord, I ¹put my trust; Let me never be ashamed;

Deliver me in Your righteousness.

^2bBow down Your ear to me,

Deliver me speedily;

Be my rock of ²refuge,

A ³fortress of defense to save me.

^3cFor You are my rock and my fortress;

Therefore, ^dfor Your name’s sake,

Lead me and guide me.

⁴Pull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me,

For You are my strength.

^5eInto Your hand I commit my spirit;

You have redeemed me, O Lord God of ^ftruth.

⁶I have hated those ^gwho regard useless idols;

But I trust in the Lord.

⁷I will be glad and rejoice in Your mercy,

For You have considered my trouble;

You have ^hknown my soul in ⁴adversities,

⁸And have not ⁱshut ⁵me up into the hand of the enemy;

^jYou have set my feet in a wide place.

⁹Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble;

^kMy eye wastes away with grief,

Yes, my soul and my ⁶body!

¹⁰For my life is spent with grief,

And my years with sighing;

My strength fails because of my iniquity,

And my bones waste away.

^11lI am a ⁷reproach among all my enemies,

But ^mespecially among my neighbors,

And am repulsive to my acquaintances;

ⁿThose who see me outside flee from me.

^12oI am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind;

I am like a ⁸broken vessel.

^13pFor I hear the slander of many;

^qFear is on every side;

While they ^rtake counsel together against me,

They scheme to take away my life.

¹⁴But as for me, I trust in You, O Lord;

I say, “You are my God.”

¹⁵My times are in Your ^shand;

Deliver me from the hand of my enemies,

And from those who persecute me.

^16tMake Your face shine upon Your servant;

Save me for Your mercies’ sake.

^17uDo not let me be ashamed, O Lord, for I have called upon You;

Let the wicked be ashamed;

^vLet them be silent in the grave.

^18wLet the lying lips be put to silence,

Which ^xspeak insolent things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.