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Psalms 31

Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2009 (HCSB)

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¹ LORD, I seek refuge in You; let me never be disgraced. ⓐ Save me by Your righteousness.

² Listen closely to me; rescue me quickly. Be a rock of refuge for me, a mountain fortress to save me. ⓑ

³ For You are my rock and my fortress; ⓒ You lead and guide me because of Your name. ⓓ

⁴ You will free me from the net that is secretly set for me, for You are my refuge. ⓔ

⁵ Into Your hand I entrust my spirit; ⓕ You redeem [1] me, LORD, God of truth. ⓖ

⁶ I [2] hate those who are devoted to worthless idols, but I trust in the LORD. ⓗ

⁷ I will rejoice and be glad in Your faithful love because You have seen my affliction. You have known the troubles of my life ⓘ

⁸ and have not handed me over to the enemy. ⓙ You have set my feet in a spacious place. ⓚ

⁹ Be gracious to me, LORD, because I am in distress; ⓛ my eyes are worn out from angry sorrow — my whole being [3] as well. ⓜ

¹⁰ Indeed, my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; ⓝ my strength has failed because of my sinfulness, [4] and my bones waste away. ⓞ

¹¹ I am ridiculed by all my adversaries and even by my neighbors. I am dreaded by my acquaintances; those who see me in the street run from me. ⓟ

¹² I am forgotten: gone from memory like a dead person — like broken pottery. ⓠ

¹³ I have heard the gossip of many; terror is on every side. ⓡ When they conspired against me, they plotted to take my life. ⓢ

¹⁴ But I trust in You, LORD; I say, “You are my God.” ⓣ

¹⁵ The course of my life is in Your power; ⓤ deliver me from the power of my enemies and from my persecutors. ⓥ

¹⁶ Show Your favor to Your servant; save me by Your faithful love. ⓦ

¹⁷ LORD, do not let me be disgraced when I call on You. ⓧ Let the wicked be disgraced; let them be silent [5] [6] in Sheol. ⓨ

¹⁸ Let lying lips be quieted; ⓩ they speak arrogantly against the righteous with pride and contempt. ⓐ

¹⁹ 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. ⓑ

²⁰ You hide them in the protection of Your presence; You conceal them in a shelter [7] from the schemes of men, from quarrelsome tongues. ⓒ

²¹ May the LORD be praised, for He has wonderfully shown His faithful love to me in a city under siege. [8] ⓓ

²² 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. ⓕ

²³ Love the LORD, all His faithful ones. ⓖ The LORD protects the loyal, but fully repays the arrogant. ⓗ

²⁴ Be strong [9] and courageous, all you who put your hope in the LORD. ⓘ

#	HCSB
1	LORD, I seek refuge in You; let me never be disgraced. ⓐ Save me by Your righteousness.
2	Listen closely to me; rescue me quickly. Be a rock of refuge for me, a mountain fortress to save me. ⓑ
3	For You are my rock and my fortress; ⓒ You lead and guide me because of Your name. ⓓ
4	You will free me from the net that is secretly set for me, for You are my refuge. ⓔ
5	Into Your hand I entrust my spirit; ⓕ You redeem [1] me, LORD, God of truth. ⓖ
6	I [2] hate those who are devoted to worthless idols, but I trust in the LORD. ⓗ
7	I will rejoice and be glad in Your faithful love because You have seen my affliction. You have known the troubles of my life ⓘ
8	and have not handed me over to the enemy. ⓙ You have set my feet in a spacious place. ⓚ
9	Be gracious to me, LORD, because I am in distress; ⓛ my eyes are worn out from angry sorrow — my whole being [3] as well. ⓜ
10	Indeed, my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; ⓝ my strength has failed because of my sinfulness, [4] and my bones waste away. ⓞ
11	I am ridiculed by all my adversaries and even by my neighbors. I am dreaded by my acquaintances; those who see me in the street run from me. ⓟ
12	I am forgotten: gone from memory like a dead person — like broken pottery. ⓠ
13	I have heard the gossip of many; terror is on every side. ⓡ When they conspired against me, they plotted to take my life. ⓢ
14	But I trust in You, LORD; I say, “You are my God.” ⓣ
15	The course of my life is in Your power; ⓤ deliver me from the power of my enemies and from my persecutors. ⓥ
16	Show Your favor to Your servant; save me by Your faithful love. ⓦ
17	LORD, do not let me be disgraced when I call on You. ⓧ Let the wicked be disgraced; let them be silent [5] [6] in Sheol. ⓨ
18	Let lying lips be quieted; ⓩ they speak arrogantly against the righteous with pride and contempt. ⓐ
19	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. ⓑ
20	You hide them in the protection of Your presence; You conceal them in a shelter [7] from the schemes of men, from quarrelsome tongues. ⓒ
21	May the LORD be praised, for He has wonderfully shown His faithful love to me in a city under siege. [8] ⓓ
22	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. ⓕ
23	Love the LORD, all His faithful ones. ⓖ The LORD protects the loyal, but fully repays the arrogant. ⓗ
24	Be strong [9] and courageous, all you who put your hope in the LORD. ⓘ

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