2.5 KiB
Psalm 31A Plea for Protection
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Lord, I seek refuge in you; let me never be disgraced. Save me by your righteousness.
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Listen closely to me; rescue me quickly. Be a rock of refuge for me, a mountain fortress to save me.
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For you are my rock and my fortress; you lead and guide me for your name's sake.
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You will free me from the net that is secretly set for me, for you are my refuge.
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Into your hand I entrust my spirit; you have redeemed me, Lord, God of truth.
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I hate those who are devoted to worthless idols, but I trust in the Lord.
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I will rejoice and be glad in your faithful love because you have seen my affliction. You know the troubles of my soul
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and have not handed me over to the enemy. You have set my feet in a spacious place.
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Be gracious to me, Lord, because I am in distress; my eyes are worn out from frustration-- my whole being as well.
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Indeed, my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my strength has failed because of my iniquity, and my bones waste away.
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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.
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I am forgotten: gone from memory like a dead person--like broken pottery.
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I have heard the gossip of many; terror is on every side. When they conspired against me, they plotted to take my life.
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But I trust in you, Lord; I say, "You are my God."
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The course of my life is in your power; rescue me from the power of my enemies and from my persecutors.
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Make your face shine on your servant; save me by your faithful love.
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Lord, do not let me be disgraced when I call on you.
Let the wicked be disgraced; let them be quiet in Sheol.
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Let lying lips that arrogantly speak against the righteous in proud contempt be silenced.
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How great is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you. In the presence of everyone you have acted for those who take refuge in you.
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You hide them in the protection of your presence; you conceal them in a shelter from human schemes, from quarrelsome tongues.
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Blessed be the Lord, for he has wondrously shown his faithful love to me in a city under siege.
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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.
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Love the Lord, all his faithful ones.
The Lord protects the loyal, but fully repays the arrogant.
- Be strong, and let your heart be courageous, all you who put your hope in the Lord.