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you for protection;</p><p class="line2">don’t let me be disgraced.</p><p class="line2">Save me, for you do what is right.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Turn your ear to listen to me;</p><p class="line2">rescue me quickly.</p><p class="line1">Be my rock of protection,</p><p class="line2">a fortress where I will be safe.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>You are my rock and my fortress.</p><p class="line2">For the honor of your name, lead me out of this danger.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Pull me from the trap my enemies set for me,</p><p class="line2">for I find protection in you alone.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>I entrust my spirit into your hand.</p><p class="line2">Rescue me, LORD, for you are a faithful God.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I hate those who worship worthless idols.</p><p class="line2">I trust in the LORD.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I will be glad and rejoice in your unfailing love,</p><p class="line2">for you have seen my troubles,</p><p class="line2">and you care about the anguish of my soul.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>You have not handed me over to my enemies</p><p class="line2">but have set me in a safe place.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am in distress.</p><p class="line2">Tears blur my eyes.</p><p class="line2">My body and soul are withering away.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I am dying from grief;</p><p class="line2">my years are shortened by sadness.</p><p class="line1">Sin has drained my strength;</p><p class="line2">I am wasting away from within.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>I am scorned by all my enemies</p><p class="line2">and despised by my neighbors—</p><p class="line2">even my friends are afraid to come near me.</p><p class="line1">When they see me on the street,</p><p class="line2">they run the other way.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I am ignored as if I were dead,</p><p class="line2">as if I were a broken pot.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>I have heard the many rumors about me,</p><p class="line2">and I am surrounded by terror.</p><p class="line1">My enemies conspire against me,</p><p class="line2">plotting to take my life.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But I am trusting you, O LORD,</p><p class="line2">saying, “You are my God!”</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>My future is in your hands.</p><p class="line2">Rescue me from those who hunt me down relentlessly.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Let your favor shine on your servant.</p><p class="line2">In your unfailing love, rescue me.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Don’t let me be disgraced, O LORD,</p><p class="line2">for I call out to you for help.</p><p class="line1">Let the wicked be disgraced;</p><p class="line2">let them lie silent in the grave.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a></p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Silence their lying lips—</p><p class="line2">those proud and arrogant lips that accuse the godly.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>How great is the goodness</p><p class="line2">you have stored up for those who fear you.</p><p class="line1">You lavish it on those who come to you for protection,</p><p class="line2">blessing them before the watching world.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>You hide them in the shelter of your presence,</p><p class="line2">safe from those who conspire against them.</p><p class="line1">You shelter them in your presence,</p><p class="line2">far from accusing tongues.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Praise the LORD,</p><p class="line2">for he has shown me the wonders of his unfailing love.</p><p class="line2">He kept me safe when my city was under attack.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>In panic I cried out,</p><p class="line2">“I am cut off from the LORD!”</p><p class="line1">But you heard my cry for mercy</p><p class="line2">and answered my call for help.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Love the LORD, all you godly ones!</p><p class="line2">For the LORD protects those who are loyal to him,</p><p class="line2">but he harshly punishes the arrogant.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>So be strong and courageous,</p><p class="line2">all you who put your hope in the LORD!</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">31:17 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">in Sheol.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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