Psalm 31:7-13

New International Version

⁷ I will be glad and rejoice in your love,
    for you saw my affliction^(A)
    and knew the anguish^(B) of my soul.
⁸ You have not given me into the hands^(C) of the enemy
    but have set my feet in a spacious place.^(D)

⁹ Be merciful to me, Lord, for I am in distress;^(E)
    my eyes grow weak with sorrow,^(F)
    my soul and body^(G) with grief.
¹⁰ My life is consumed by anguish^(H)
    and my years by groaning;^(I)
my strength fails^(J) because of my affliction,^[a](K)
    and my bones grow weak.^(L)
11 Because of all my enemies,^(M)
    I am the utter contempt^(N) of my neighbors^(O)
and an object of dread to my closest friends—
    those who see me on the street flee from me.
¹² I am forgotten as though I were dead;^(P)
    I have become like broken pottery.
¹³ For I hear many whispering,^(Q)
    “Terror on every side!”^(R)
They conspire against me^(S)
    and plot to take my life.^(T)