Psalm 31 (NIV)

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   For the director of music. A psalm of David.
¹ In you, O LORD, I have taken refuge;
   let me never be put to shame;
   deliver me in your righteousness.
² Turn your ear to me,
   come quickly to my rescue;
be my rock of refuge,
   a strong fortress to save me.
³ Since you are my rock and my fortress,
   for the sake of your name lead and guide me.
⁴ Free me from the trap that is set for me,
   for you are my refuge.
⁵ Into your hands I commit my spirit;
   redeem me, O LORD, the God of truth.
 ⁶ I hate those who cling to worthless idols;
   I trust in the LORD.
⁷ I will be glad and rejoice in your love,
   for you saw my affliction
   and knew the anguish of my soul.
⁸ You have not handed me over to the enemy
   but have set my feet in a spacious place.
 ⁹ Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress;
   my eyes grow weak with sorrow,
   my soul and my body with grief.
¹⁰ My life is consumed by anguish
   and my years by groaning;
my strength fails because of my affliction,
   and my bones grow weak.
¹¹ Because of all my enemies,
   I am the utter contempt of my neighbors;
I am a dread to my friends—
   those who see me on the street flee from me.
¹² I am forgotten by them as though I were dead;
   I have become like broken pottery.
¹³ For I hear the slander of many;
   there is terror on every side;
they conspire against me
   and plot to take my life.
 ¹⁴ But I trust in you, O LORD;
   I say, “You are my God.”
¹⁵ My times are in your hands;
   deliver me from my enemies
   and from those who pursue me.
¹⁶ Let your face shine on your servant;
   save me in your unfailing love.
¹⁷ Let me not be put to shame, O LORD,
   for I have cried out to you;
but let the wicked be put to shame
   and lie silent in the grave.
¹⁸ Let their lying lips be silenced,
   for with pride and contempt
   they speak arrogantly against the righteous.
 ¹⁹ How great is your goodness,
   which you have stored up for those who fear you,
which you bestow in the sight of men
   on those who take refuge in you.
²⁰ In the shelter of your presence you hide them
   from the intrigues of men;
in your dwelling you keep them safe
   from accusing tongues.
 ²¹ Praise be to the LORD,
   for he showed his wonderful love to me
   when I was in a besieged city.
²² In my alarm I said,
   “I am cut off from your sight!”
Yet you heard my cry for mercy
   when I called to you for help.
 ²³ Love the LORD, all his saints!
   The LORD preserves the faithful,
   but the proud he pays back in full.
²⁴ Be strong and take heart,
   all you who hope in the LORD.


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