| 31 | Psalms | ||
| ← Prayer on Time of Ordeal. Psalm 31(v30) | |||
| 1 | With thee, O LORD, I have sought shelter, let me never be put to shame. Deliver me in thy righteousness; | ||
| 2 | bow down and hear me, come quickly to my rescue; be thou my rock of refuge, a stronghold to keep me safe. | ||
| 3 | Thou art to me both rock and stronghold; lead me and guide me for the honour of thy name. | ||
| 4 | Set me free from the net men have hidden for me; thou art my refuge, | ||
| 5 | into thy keeping I commit my spirit. Thou hast redeemed me, O LORD thou God of truth. | ||
| 6 | Thou hatest all who worship useless idols, but I put my trust in the LORD. | ||
| 7 | I will rejoice and be glad in thy unfailing love; for thou hast seen my affliction and hast cared for me in my distress. | ||
| 8 | Thou hast not abandoned me to the power of the enemy but hast set me free to range at will. | ||
| 9 | Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress, and my eyes are dimmed with grief . | ||
| 10 | My life is worn away with sorrow and my years with sighing; strong as I am, I stumble under my load of misery; there is disease in all my bones. | ||
| 11 | I have such enemies that all men scorn me .; my neighbours find me a burden, my friends shudder at me; when they see me in the street they turn quickly away. | ||
| 12 | I am forgotten, like a dead man out of mind; I have come to be like something lost. | ||
| 13 | For I hear many men whispering threats from every side, in league against me as they are and plotting to take my life. | ||
| 14 | But, LORD, I put my trust in thee, I say, 'Thou art my God.' | ||
| 15 | My fortunes are in thy hand; rescue me from my enemies and those who persecute me. | ||
| 16 | Make thy face shine upon thy servant; save me in thy unfailing love. | ||
| 17 | O LORD, do not put me to shame when I call upon thee; let the wicked be ashamed, let them sink into Sheol. | ||
| 18 | Strike dumb the lying lips which speak with contempt against the righteous in pride and arrogance. | ||
| 19 | How great is thy goodness, stored up for those who fear thee, made manifest before the eyes of men for all who turn to thee for shelter. | ||
| 20 | Thou wilt hide them under the cover of thy presence from men in league together; thou keepest them beneath thy roof, safe from contentious men. | ||
| 21 | Blessed be the LORD, who worked a miracle of unfailing love for me when I was in sore straits . | ||
| 22 | In sudden alarm I said, 'I am shut out from thy sight.' But thou didst hear my cry for mercy when I called to thee for help. | ||
| 23 | Love the LORD, all you his loyal servants. The LORD protects the faithful but pays the arrogant in full. | ||
| 24 | Be strong and take courage, all you whose hope is in the LORD. | ||
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