Berean Standard Bible

Psalms 31:1-18

1In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge;let me never be put to shame;save me by Your righteousness.2Incline Your ear to me;come quickly to my rescue.Be my rock of refuge,the stronghold of my deliverance.

3For You are my rock and my fortress;lead me and guide me for the sake of Your name.4You free me from the net laid out for me,for You are my refuge.5Into Your hands I commit my spirit;1You have redeemed me, O LORD, God of truth.

6I hate2 those who cling to worthless idols,but in the LORD I trust.7I will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion,for You have seen my affliction;You have known the anguish of my soul.8You have not delivered me to the enemy;You have set my feet in the open.

9Be merciful to me, O LORD,for I am in distress;my eyes fail from sorrow,my soul and body as well.10For my life is consumed with griefand my years with groaning;my iniquity has drained my strength,and my bones are wasting away.11Among all my enemies I am a disgrace,and among my neighbors even more.I am dreaded by my friends—they flee when they see me on the street.12I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind.I am like a broken vessel.13For I hear the slander of many;there is terror on every side.They conspire against meand plot to take my life.

14But I trust in You, O LORD;I say, “You are my God.”15My times are in Your hands;deliver me from my enemiesand from those who pursue me.16Make Your face shine on Your servant;save me by Your loving devotion.

17O LORD, let me not be ashamed,for I have called on You.Let the wicked be put to shame;let them lie silent in Sheol.18May lying lips be silenced—lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous,full of pride and contempt.

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1. Psalms 31:5 Cited in Luke 23:46 ↩
2. Psalms 31:6 MT; one Hebrew manuscript, LXX, and Syriac You hate ↩

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