31:1 [To
the
choirmaster.
A
Psalm
of
David.]
In
you,
O
LORD,
do
I
take
refuge;
let
me
never
be
put
to
shame;
in
your
righteousness
deliver
me!
31:2 Incline
your
ear
to
me;
rescue
me
speedily!
Be
a
rock
of
refuge
for
me,
a
strong
fortress
to
save
me!
31:3 For
you
are
my
rock
and
my
fortress;
and
for
your
name's
sake
you
lead
me
and
guide
me;
31:4 you
take
me
out
of
the
net
they
have
hidden
for
me,
for
you
are
my
refuge.
31:5 Into
your
hand
I
commit
my
spirit;
you
have
redeemed
me,
O
LORD,
faithful
God.
31:6 I
hate
those
who
pay
regard
to
worthless
idols,
but
I
trust
in
the
LORD.
31:7 I
will
rejoice
and
be
glad
in
your
steadfast
love,
because
you
have
seen
my
affliction;
you
have
known
the
distress
of
my
soul,
31:8 and
you
have
not
delivered
me
into
the
hand
of
the
enemy;
you
have
set
my
feet
in
a
broad
place.
31:9 Be
gracious
to
me,
O
LORD,
for
I
am
in
distress;
my
eye
is
wasted
from
grief;
my
soul
and
my
body
also.
31:10 For
my
life
is
spent
with
sorrow,
and
my
years
with
sighing;
my
strength
fails
because
of
my
iniquity,
and
my
bones
waste
away.
31:11 Because
of
all
my
adversaries
I
have
become
a
reproach,
especially
to
my
neighbors,
and
an
object
of
dread
to
my
acquaintances;
those
who
see
me
in
the
street
flee
from
me.
31:12 I
have
been
forgotten
like
one
who
is
dead;
I
have
become
like
a
broken
vessel.
31:13 For
I
hear
the
whispering
of
many--
terror
on
every
side!--
as
they
scheme
together
against
me,
as
they
plot
to
take
my
life.
31:14 But
I
trust
in
you,
O
LORD;
I
say,
"You
are
my
God."
31:15 My
times
are
in
your
hand;
rescue
me
from
the
hand
of
my
enemies
and
from
my
persecutors!
31:16 Make
your
face
shine
on
your
servant;
save
me
in
your
steadfast
love!
31:17 O
LORD,
let
me
not
be
put
to
shame,
for
I
call
upon
you;
let
the
wicked
be
put
to
shame;
let
them
go
silently
to
Sheol.
31:18 Let
the
lying
lips
be
mute,
which
speak
insolently
against
the
righteous
in
pride
and
contempt.
31:19 Oh,
how
abundant
is
your
goodness,
which
you
have
stored
up
for
those
who
fear
you
and
worked
for
those
who
take
refuge
in
you,
in
the
sight
of
the
children
of
mankind!
31:20 In
the
cover
of
your
presence
you
hide
them
from
the
plots
of
men;
you
store
them
in
your
shelter
from
the
strife
of
tongues.
31:21 Blessed
be
the
LORD,
for
he
has
wondrously
shown
his
steadfast
love
to
me
when
I
was
in
a
besieged
city.
31:22 I
had
said
in
my
alarm,
"I
am
cut
off
from
your
sight."
But
you
heard
the
voice
of
my
pleas
for
mercy
when
I
cried
to
you
for
help.
31:23 Love
the
LORD,
all
you
his
saints!
The
LORD
preserves
the
faithful
but
abundantly
repays
the
one
who
acts
in
pride.
31:24 Be
strong,
and
let
your
heart
take
courage,
all
you
who
wait
for
the
LORD!