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31:1  I take refuge in you, Lord. Please never let me be put to shame. Rescue me by your righteousness!
31:2  Listen closely to me! Deliver me quickly; be a rock that protects me; be a strong fortress that saves me!
31:3  You are definitely my rock and my fortress. Guide me and lead me for the sake of your good name!
31:4  Get me out of this net that’s been set for me because you are my protective fortress.
31:5  I entrust my spirit into your hands; you, Lord, God of faithfulness— you have saved me.
31:6  I hate those who embrace what is completely worthless. I myself trust the Lord.
31:7  I rejoice and celebrate in your faithful love because you saw my suffering— you were intimately acquainted with my deep distress.
31:8  You didn’t hand me over to the enemy, but set my feet in wide-open spaces.
31:9  Have mercy on me, Lord, because I’m depressed. My vision fails because of my grief, as do my spirit and my body.
31:10  My life is consumed with sadness; my years are consumed with groaning. Strength fails me because of my suffering; my bones dry up.
31:11  I’m a joke to all my enemies, still worse to my neighbors. I scare my friends, and whoever sees me in the street runs away!
31:12  I am forgotten, like I’m dead, completely out of mind; I am like a piece of pottery, destroyed.
31:13  Yes, I’ve heard all the gossiping, terror all around; so many gang up together against me, they plan to take my life!
31:14  But me? I trust you, Lord! I affirm, “You are my God.”
31:15  My future is in your hands. Don’t hand me over to my enemies, to all who are out to get me!
31:16  Shine your face on your servant; save me by your faithful love!
31:17  Lord, don’t let me be put to shame because I have cried out to you. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them be silenced in death’s domain!
31:18  Let their lying lips be shut up whenever they speak arrogantly against the righteous with pride and contempt!
31:19  How great is the goodness that you’ve reserved for those who honor you, that you commit to those who take refuge in you— in the sight of everyone!
31:20  You hide them in the shelter of your wings, safe from human scheming. You conceal them in a shelter, safe from accusing tongues.
31:21  Bless the Lord, because he has wondrously revealed his faithful love to me when I was like a city under siege!
31:22  When I was panicked, I said, “I’m cut off from your eyes!” But you heard my request for mercy when I cried out to you for help.
31:23  All you who are faithful, love the Lord! The Lord protects those who are loyal, but he pays the proud back to the fullest degree.
31:24  All you who wait for the Lord, be strong and let your heart take courage.