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