Psalms 31:7-24

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!

¹⁷Let me not be put to shame, O LORD! for I have called upon thee; Let the wicked be put to shame; Let them be silenced in the grave!

¹⁸Let lying lips be put to silence, Which speak proud things against the righteous, With haughtiness and contempt!

¹⁹O how great is thy goodness, which thou treasurest up for them that fear thee; Which thou showest to them that trust in thee, before the sons of men!

²⁰Thou hidest them in the secret place of thy presence from the machinations of men; Thou shelterest them in thy pavilion from the violence of tongues.

²¹Praised be the LORD; for he hath shown me his wonderful kindness, As in a fortified city!

²²I said in my distress, “I am cut off from before thine eyes;” But thou didst hear the voice of my supplication, When I cried unto thee.

²³O love the LORD, all ye his servants; For the LORD preserveth the faithful, And requiteth the proud in full measure!

²⁴Be of good courage; let your hearts be strong, All ye who trust in the LORD!