Psalms 31:1-11

¹To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; Let me never be ashamed: Deliver me in thy righteousness.

²Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: Be thou my strong rock, For 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.

⁴Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: For thou art my strength.

⁵Into thine hand I commit my spirit: Thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.

⁶I have hated them that regard lying vanities: But I trust in the Lord.

⁷I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: For thou hast considered my trouble; Thou hast known my soul in adversities;

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

⁹Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: Mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.

¹⁰For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: My strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

¹¹I was a reproach among all mine enemies, But especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: They that did see me without fled from me.