“1 <<To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.>> In thee, O LORD, do I
put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
2 Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock,
for an house of defence to save me. 3 For thou [art] my rock and my
fortress; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me. 4 Pull me
out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou [art] my
strength. 5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O
LORD God of truth. 6 I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I
trust in the LORD. 7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou
hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities; 8
And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my
feet in a large room.”
“9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is
consumed with grief, [yea], my soul and my belly. 10 For my life is
spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because
of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed. 11 I was a reproach among
all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine
acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me. 12 I am
forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel. 13 For 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. 14
But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou [art] my God. 15 My times
[are] in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from
them that persecute me. 16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save
me for thy mercies’ sake. 17 Let 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. 18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous
things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.”
“19 [Oh] how great [is] thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them
that fear thee; [which] thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee
before the sons of men! 20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy
presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a
pavilion from the strife of tongues. 21 Blessed [be] the LORD: for he
hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city. 22 For I said
in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou
heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee. 23 O love
the LORD, all ye his saints: [for] the LORD preserveth the faithful, and
plentifully rewardeth the proud doer. 24 Be of good courage, and he
shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.” (Psalm
31:1-24 AV)
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