Psalms 31:9-18

9You did not hand me over to the enemy. You set my feet in a wide-open place.

10Be gracious to me, Adonai, for I am in distress. My eyes waste away with grief, my soul and my body as well.

11For my life is consumed in sorrow and my years in sighing. My strength fails because of my anguish and my bones waste away.

12Because of all my adversaries I am the contempt of my neighbors and a dread to my acquaintances. Seeing me on the street, they flee from me.

13I am as forgotten as a dead man. I have become like a broken vessel.

14For I have heard the whispering of many. There is terror on every side as they conspire against me and plot to take my life.

15But I have trusted in You, Adonai. I said: “You are my God.”

16My times are in Your hands. Deliver me from the hands of my foes and from those who pursue me.

17Make Your face shine on Your servant. Save me in Your lovingkindness.

18Adonai, let me not be ashamed, for I have called upon You. Let the wicked be ashamed— let them be silent in Sheol.