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A psalm of David.</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>In you, <span class="name">Lord</span>, I have taken refuge;</p><p class="line2">let me never be put to shame;</p><p class="line2">deliver me in your righteousness.</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 me,</p><p class="line2">come quickly to my rescue;</p><p class="line1">be my rock of refuge,</p><p class="line2">a strong fortress to save me.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Since you are my rock and my fortress,</p><p class="line2">for the sake of your name lead and guide me.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Keep me free from the trap that is set for me,</p><p class="line2">for you are my refuge.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Into your hands I commit my spirit;</p><p class="line2">deliver me, <span class="name">Lord</span>, my faithful God.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I hate those who cling to worthless idols;</p><p class="line2">as for me, I trust in the <span class="name">Lord</span>.</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 love,</p><p class="line2">for you saw my affliction</p><p class="line2">and knew 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 given me into the hands of the enemy</p><p class="line2">but have set my feet in a spacious place.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Be merciful to me, <span class="name">Lord</span>, for I am in distress;</p><p class="line2">my eyes grow weak with sorrow,</p><p class="line2">my soul and body with grief.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>My life is consumed by anguish</p><p class="line2">and my years by groaning;</p><p class="line1">my strength fails because of my affliction, <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or guilt">b</a></sup></span> </p><p class="line2">and my bones grow weak.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Because of all my enemies,</p><p class="line2">I am the utter contempt of my neighbors</p><p class="line1">and an object of dread to my closest friends—</p><p class="line2">those who see me on the street flee from me.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I am forgotten as though I were dead;</p><p class="line2">I have become like broken pottery.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For I hear many whispering,</p><p class="line2">“Terror on every side!”</p><p class="line1">They conspire against me</p><p class="line2">and plot to take my life.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But I trust in you, <span class="name">Lord</span>;</p><p class="line2">I say, “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 times are in your hands;</p><p class="line2">deliver me from the hands of my enemies,</p><p class="line2">from those who pursue me.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Let your face shine on your servant;</p><p class="line2">save me in your unfailing love.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Let me not be put to shame, <span class="name">Lord</span>,</p><p class="line2">for I have cried out to you;</p><p class="line1">but let the wicked be put to shame</p><p class="line2">and be silent in the realm of the dead.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Let their lying lips be silenced,</p><p class="line2">for with pride and contempt</p><p class="line2">they speak arrogantly against the righteous.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>How abundant are the good things</p><p class="line2">that you have stored up for those who fear you,</p><p class="line1">that you bestow in the sight of all,</p><p class="line2">on those who take refuge in you.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>In the shelter of your presence you hide them</p><p class="line2">from all human intrigues;</p><p class="line1">you keep them safe in your dwelling</p><p class="line2">from accusing tongues.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Praise be to the <span class="name">Lord</span>,</p><p class="line2">for he showed me the wonders of his love</p><p class="line2">when I was in a city under siege.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>In my alarm I said,</p><p class="line2">“I am cut off from your sight!”</p><p class="line1">Yet you heard my cry for mercy</p><p class="line2">when I called to you for help.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Love the <span class="name">Lord</span>, all his faithful people!</p><p class="line2">The <span class="name">Lord</span> preserves those who are true to him,</p><p class="line2">but the proud he pays back in full.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/31-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Be strong and take heart,</p><p class="line2">all you who hope in the <span class="name">Lord</span>.</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotebot">In Hebrew texts 31:1-24 is numbered 31:2-25.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>guilt</i></span><br><hr size="1" 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