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Psalms 31

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¹ For the choir director. A psalm of David. [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 for your name’s sake. ⓕ

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 have redeemed me, [1] 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 know the troubles of my soul ⓚ

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 frustration — 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 iniquity, [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; ⓘ rescue me from the power of my enemies and from my persecutors. ⓙ

¹⁶ Make your face shine on 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 quiet [5] [6] in Sheol. ⓝ

¹⁸ Let lying lips ⓐ that arrogantly speak against the righteous in proud contempt be silenced. ⓑ

¹⁹ How great is your goodness that you have stored up for those who fear you and accomplished in the sight of everyone [7] for those who take refuge in you. ⓒ

²⁰ You hide them in the protection of your presence; you conceal them in a shelter from human schemes, from quarrelsome tongues. ⓓ

²¹ Blessed be the LORD, for he has wondrously shown his faithful love to me in a city under siege. ⓔ

²² In my alarm I 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, and let your heart be courageous, all you who put your hope in the LORD. ⓙ

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1	For the choir director. A psalm of David. [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 for your name’s sake. ⓕ
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 have redeemed me, [1] 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 know the troubles of my soul ⓚ
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 frustration — 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 iniquity, [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; ⓘ rescue me from the power of my enemies and from my persecutors. ⓙ
16	Make your face shine on 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 quiet [5] [6] in Sheol. ⓝ
18	Let lying lips ⓐ that arrogantly speak against the righteous in proud contempt be silenced. ⓑ
19	How great is your goodness that you have stored up for those who fear you and accomplished in the sight of everyone [7] for those who take refuge in you. ⓒ
20	You hide them in the protection of your presence; you conceal them in a shelter from human schemes, from quarrelsome tongues. ⓓ
21	Blessed be the LORD, for he has wondrously shown his faithful love to me in a city under siege. ⓔ
22	In my alarm I 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, and let your heart be courageous, all you who put your hope in the LORD. ⓙ

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