Psalms 31:13-23

¹³I have heard people slandering me, and they have caused me to become terrified. My enemies are making plans in order to kill me.

¹⁴But Yahweh, I trust in you. You are my God.

¹⁵My whole life MTY is in your hands; save me from my enemies, from those who pursue me.

¹⁶Be kind to me and rescue me because you always faithfully love me.

¹⁷Yahweh, I call out to you, so do not allow me to be disgraced. I desire that wicked people will be disgraced; I want them to soon die and go down to the place where the dead people are.

¹⁸I desire that you will cause people MTY who tell lies to be unable to speak. Do that to people who are proud and those who arrogantly accuse righteous people.

¹⁹You have stored up many blessings for those who revere you. You do those good things for those who go to you to be protected; everyone sees you doing that.

²⁰You hide people in your presence where it is safe, and protect them from people who plot to kill them. You hide them in safe places from their enemies MTY who accuse/insult them.

²¹Praise Yahweh! When my enemies surrounded the city in which I was living, he showed me in a wonderful way that he faithfully loves me.

²²I was afraid, and I cried out, “I have been separated from Yahweh!” but you heard me and answered my cry for help.

²³You people who belong to Yahweh, love him! Those who are loyal to him, he protects, but those who are very proud, he punishes them severely like they deserve to be punished.