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Psalms 31

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.

1

 aIn You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; Let me never  bbe ashamed;  cIn Your righteousness deliver me.

2

 aIncline Your ear to me, rescue me quickly; Be to me a  brock of  1strength, A stronghold to save me.

3

For You are my  1rock and  amy fortress; For  bYour name's sake You will lead me and guide me.

4

You will  apull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me, For You are my  bstrength.

5

 aInto Your hand I commit my spirit; You have  bransomed me, O LORD,  cGod of  1truth.

6

I hate those who  aregard  1vain idols, But I  btrust in the LORD.

7

I will  arejoice and be glad in Your lovingkindness, Because You have  bseen my affliction; You have known the troubles of my soul,

8

And You have not  agiven me over into the hand of the enemy; You have set my feet in a large place.

9

Be gracious to me, O LORD, for  aI am in distress; My  beye is wasted away from grief,  cmy soul and my body also.

10

For my life is spent with  asorrow And my years with sighing; My  bstrength has failed because of my iniquity, And  cmy  1body has wasted away.

11

Because of all my adversaries, I have become a  areproach, Especially to my  bneighbors, And an object of dread to my acquaintances; Those who see me in the street flee from me.

12

I am  aforgotten as a dead man, out of mind; I am like a broken vessel.

13

For I have heard the  1 aslander of many,  bTerror is on every side; While they  ctook counsel together against me, They  dschemed to take away my life.

14

But as for me, I trust in You, O LORD, I say, " aYou are my God."

15

My  atimes are in Your hand;  bDeliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those who persecute me.

16

Make Your  aface to shine upon Your servant;  bSave me in Your lovingkindness.

17

Let me not be  aput to shame, O LORD, for I call upon You; Let the  bwicked be put to shame, let them  cbe silent in  1Sheol.

18

Let the  alying lips be mute, Which  bspeak arrogantly against the righteous With pride and contempt.

19

How great is Your  agoodness, Which You have stored up for those who fear You, Which You have wrought for those who  btake refuge in You,  cBefore the sons of men!

20

You hide them in the  asecret place of Your presence from the  bconspiracies of man; You keep them secretly in a  1shelter from the  cstrife of tongues.

21

 aBlessed be the LORD, For He has made  bmarvelous His lovingkindness to me in a besieged  ccity.

22

As for me,  aI said in my alarm, "I am  bcut off from before Your eyes"; Nevertheless You  cheard the voice of my supplications When I cried to You.

23

O love the LORD, all you  aHis godly ones! The LORD  bpreserves the faithful And fully  crecompenses the proud doer.

24

 aBe strong and let your heart take courage, All you who  1hope in the LORD.



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