Psalms 31 : 1 (HCSB)
*For the choir director. A Davidic psalm. LORD, I seek refuge in You; let me never be disgraced. Save me by Your righteousness.
Psalms 31 : 2 (HCSB)
Listen closely to me; rescue me quickly. Be a rock of refuge for me, a mountain fortress to save me.
Psalms 31 : 3 (HCSB)
For You are my rock and my fortress; You lead and guide me because of Your name.
Psalms 31 : 4 (HCSB)
You will free me from the net that is secretly set for me, for You are my refuge.
Psalms 31 : 5 (HCSB)
Into Your hand I entrust my spirit; You redeem me, LORD, God of truth.
Psalms 31 : 6 (HCSB)
I hate those who are devoted to worthless idols, but I trust in the LORD.
Psalms 31 : 7 (HCSB)
I will rejoice and be glad in Your faithful love because You have seen my affliction. You have known the troubles of my life
Psalms 31 : 8 (HCSB)
and have not handed me over to the enemy. You have set my feet in a spacious place.
Psalms 31 : 9 (HCSB)
Be gracious to me, LORD, because I am in distress; my eyes are worn out from angry sorrow-- my whole being as well.
Psalms 31 : 10 (HCSB)
Indeed, my life is consumed with grief, and my years with groaning; my strength has failed because of my sinfulness, and my bones waste away.
Psalms 31 : 11 (HCSB)
I am ridiculed by all my adversaries and even by my neighbors. I am an object of dread to my acquaintances; those who see me in the street run from me.
Psalms 31 : 12 (HCSB)
I am forgotten: gone from memory like a dead person-- like broken pottery.
Psalms 31 : 13 (HCSB)
I have heard the gossip of many; terror is on every side. When they conspired against me, they plotted to take my life.
Psalms 31 : 14 (HCSB)
But I trust in You, LORD; I say, "You are my God."
Psalms 31 : 15 (HCSB)
The course of my life is in Your power; deliver me from the power of my enemies and from my persecutors.
Psalms 31 : 16 (HCSB)
Show Your favor to Your servant; save me by Your faithful love.
Psalms 31 : 17 (HCSB)
LORD, do not let me be disgraced when I call on You. Let the wicked be disgraced; let them be silent in Sheol.
Psalms 31 : 18 (HCSB)
Let lying lips be quieted; they speak arrogantly against the righteous with pride and contempt.
Psalms 31 : 19 (HCSB)
How great is Your goodness that You have stored up for those who fear You, and accomplished in the sight of everyone for those who take refuge in You.
Psalms 31 : 20 (HCSB)
You hide them in the protection of Your presence; You conceal them in a shelter from the schemes of men, from quarrelsome tongues.
Psalms 31 : 21 (HCSB)
May the LORD be praised, for He has wonderfully shown His faithful love to me in a city under siege.
Psalms 31 : 22 (HCSB)
In my alarm I had said, "I am cut off from Your sight." But You heard the sound of my pleading when I cried to You for help.
Psalms 31 : 23 (HCSB)
Love the LORD, all His faithful ones. The LORD protects the loyal, but fully repays the arrogant.
Psalms 31 : 24 (HCSB)
Be strong and courageous, all you who put your hope in the LORD.
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