Psalm 31:9-18

Tree of Life Version

⁹ You did not hand me over to the enemy.
You set my feet in a wide-open place.
¹⁰ Be gracious to me, Adonai,
    for I am in distress.
My eyes waste away with grief,
    my soul and my body as well.
¹¹ For my life is consumed in sorrow
    and my years in sighing.
My strength fails because of my anguish
    and my bones waste away.
¹² Because of all my adversaries
I am the contempt of my neighbors
    and a dread to my acquaintances.
Seeing me on the street, they flee from me.
¹³ I am as forgotten as a dead man.
I have become like a broken vessel.
¹⁴ For I have heard the whispering of many.
There is terror on every side
    as they conspire against me
    and plot to take my life.
¹⁵ But I have trusted in You, Adonai.
I said: “You are my God.”
¹⁶ My times are in Your hands.
Deliver me from the hands of my foes and from those who pursue me.
¹⁷ Make Your face shine on Your servant.
Save me in Your lovingkindness.
¹⁸ Adonai, let me not be ashamed,
for I have called upon You.
Let the wicked be ashamed—
let them be silent in Sheol.