Psalms 31:15-21

¹⁵(31:16) In thy hand are my destinies: deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from my persecutors.

¹⁶(31:17) Let thy face shine upon thy servant: save me through thy kindness.

¹⁷(31:18) O Lord, let me not be put to shame; for I have called on thee: let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent, passing to the nether world.

¹⁸(31:19) Let the lying lips be made dumb, which speak hard things against the righteous, with pride and contempt.

¹⁹(31:20) Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast treasured up for those that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for those that trust in thee before the sons of men!

²⁰(31:21) Thou wilt conceal them in the secret of thy presence from the conspiracy of men: thou wilt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

²¹(31:22) Blessed be the Lord: for he hath shown me his kindness wonderfully in a beleaguered city.