¹⁰For my life hath been consumed in sorrow And my years in sighing. Feeble because of mine iniquity hath been my strength, And my bones have become old.

¹¹Among all mine adversaries I have been a reproach, And to my neighbours exceedingly, And a fear to mine acquaintances, Those seeing me without—fled from me.

¹²I have been forgotten as dead out of mind, I have been as a perishing vessel.

¹³For I have heard an evil account of many, Fear is round about. In their being united against me, To take my life they have devised,

¹⁴And I on Thee—I have trusted, O Jehovah, I have said, ‘Thou art my God.’

¹⁵In Thy hand are my times, Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from my pursuers.

¹⁶Cause Thy face to shine on Thy servant, Save me in Thy kindness.

¹⁷O Jehovah, let me not be ashamed, For I have called Thee, let the wicked be ashamed, Let them become silent to Sheol.

¹⁸Let lips of falsehood become dumb, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.

Read in Logos

Psalm 31:13–14: For I hear the whispering of many—terror on every side!—as they scheme together against me, as they plot to take my life. But I trust in you, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.”

Public Domain.