Psalms 31:1-18

1In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness. 2Bow down thy ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.1 3For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me. 4Pull me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me: for thou art my strength. 5Into thy hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth. 6I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD. 7I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities; 8And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large place.

9Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: my eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my body. 10For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of my iniquity, and my bones are consumed. 11I was a reproach among all my enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to my acquaintance: they that saw me without fled from me. 12I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.2 13For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life. 14But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God. 15My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from them that persecute me. 16Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’ sake. 17Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.3 18Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.4