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31:1  To the leader. A Psalm of David. In you, O Lord, I seek refuge; do not let me ever be put to shame; in your righteousness deliver me.
31:2  Incline your ear to me; rescue me speedily. Be a rock of refuge for me, a strong fortress to save me.
31:3  You are indeed my rock and my fortress; for your name’s sake lead me and guide me,
31:4  take me out of the net that is hidden for me, for you are my refuge.
31:5  Into your hand I commit my spirit; you have redeemed me, O Lord, faithful God.
31:6  You hate those who pay regard to worthless idols, but I trust in the Lord.
31:7  I will exult and rejoice in your steadfast love, because you have seen my affliction; you have taken heed of my adversities,
31:8  and have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy; you have set my feet in a broad place.
31:9  Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; my eye wastes away from grief, my soul and body also.
31:10  For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my misery, and my bones waste away.
31:11  I am the scorn of all my adversaries, a horror to my neighbours, an object of dread to my acquaintances; those who see me in the street flee from me.
31:12  I have passed out of mind like one who is dead; I have become like a broken vessel.
31:13  For I hear the whispering of many— terror all around!— as they scheme together against me, as they plot to take my life.
31:14  But I trust in you, O Lord; I say, ‘You are my God.’
31:15  My times are in your hand; deliver me from the hand of my enemies and persecutors.
31:16  Let your face shine upon your servant; save me in your steadfast love.
31:17  Do not let me be put to shame, O Lord, for I call on you; let the wicked be put to shame; let them go dumbfounded to Sheol.
31:18  Let the lying lips be stilled that speak insolently against the righteous with pride and contempt.
31:19  O how abundant is your goodness that you have laid up for those who fear you, and accomplished for those who take refuge in you, in the sight of everyone!
31:20  In the shelter of your presence you hide them from human plots; you hold them safe under your shelter from contentious tongues.
31:21  Blessed be the Lord, for he has wondrously shown his steadfast love to me when I was beset as a city under siege.
31:22  I had said in my alarm, ‘I am driven far from your sight.’ But you heard my supplications when I cried out to you for help.
31:23  Love the Lord, all you his saints. The Lord preserves the faithful, but abundantly repays the one who acts haughtily.
31:24  Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord.