Psalms 31:1-16

¹“For the leader of the music. A psalm of David.” In thee, O LORD! do I trust; let me never be put to shame; According to thy goodness deliver me!

²Bow down thine ear to me; help me speedily! Be to me a strong rock, a high fortress, for my deliverance!

³For thou art my rock and my high fortress; Be thou also my guide, and lead me, for thy name's sake!

⁴Draw me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me, For thou art my strength!

⁵Into thy hand I commit my life; Thou wilt deliver me, O LORD, thou God of truth!

⁶I hate those who regard lying vanities, And put my trust in the LORD.

⁷I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy, That thou hast looked upon my trouble, And hast had regard to my distress;

⁸That thou hast not given me up to the hands of my enemies, But hast set my feet in a wide place.

⁹Have mercy upon me, O LORD! for I am in trouble! My face is consumed with grief; Yea, my spirit and my body.

¹⁰For my life is wasted with sorrow, And my years with sighing; My strength faileth by reason of my affliction, And my bones are consumed on account of all my enemies.

¹¹I have become the scorn of my neighbors, And the terror of my acquaintance; They who see me abroad flee from me.

¹²I am forgotten like a dead man out of mind; I am like a broken vessel.

¹³I hear the slander of many; fear is on every side; For they take counsel together against me; They devise to take away my life.

¹⁴But I trust in thee, O Jehovah! I say, “Thou art my God!”

¹⁵My destiny is in thy hand; Deliver me from the power of my enemies and persecutors!

¹⁶Let thy face shine upon thy servant, And save me through thy mercy!