Psalms 31:1-11

¹For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge; Let me never be put to shame: Deliver me in thy righteousness.

²Bow down thine ear unto me; deliver me speedily: Be thou to me a strong rock, A house of defence to save me.

³For thou art my rock and my fortress; Therefore for thy name’s sake lead me and guide me.

⁴Pluck me out of the net that they have laid privily for me; For thou art my stronghold.

⁵Into thy hand I commend my spirit: Thou hast redeemed me, O Jehovah, thou God of truth.

⁶I hate them that regard lying vanities; But I trust in Jehovah.

⁷I will be glad and rejoice in thy lovingkindness; For thou hast seen my affliction: Thou hast known my soul in adversities;

⁸And thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; Thou hast set my feet in a large place.

⁹Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress: Mine eye wasteth away with grief, yea, my soul and my body.

¹⁰For my life is spent with sorrow, And my years with sighing: My strength faileth because of mine iniquity, And my bones are wasted away.

¹¹Because of all mine adversaries I am become a reproach, Yea, unto my neighbors exceedingly, And a fear to mine acquaintance: They that did see me without fled from me.