Psalm 31:9-18

New Living Translation

⁹Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am in distress.
    Tears blur my eyes.
    My body and soul are withering away.
¹⁰I am dying from grief;
    my years are shortened by sadness.
Sin has drained my strength;
    I am wasting away from within.
¹¹I am scorned by all my enemies
    and despised by my neighbors—
    even my friends are afraid to come near me.
When they see me on the street,
    they run the other way.
¹²I am ignored as if I were dead,
    as if I were a broken pot.
¹³I have heard the many rumors about me,
    and I am surrounded by terror.
My enemies conspire against me,
    plotting to take my life.

¹⁴But I am trusting you, O Lord,
    saying, “You are my God!”
¹⁵My future is in your hands.
    Rescue me from those who hunt me down relentlessly.
¹⁶Let your favor shine on your servant.
    In your unfailing love, rescue me.
¹⁷Don’t let me be disgraced, O Lord,
    for I call out to you for help.
Let the wicked be disgraced;
    let them lie silent in the grave.^[a]
¹⁸Silence their lying lips—
    those proud and arrogant lips that accuse the godly.

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Footnotes

31:17 Hebrew in Sheol.

Psalm 31:9-18

New International Version

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

¹⁴But I trust^(Q) in you, Lord;
    I say, “You are my God.”
¹⁵My times^(R) are in your hands;
    deliver me from the hands of my enemies,
    from those who pursue me.
¹⁶Let your face shine^(S) on your servant;
    save me in your unfailing love.^(T)
¹⁷Let me not be put to shame,^(U) Lord,
    for I have cried out to you;
but let the wicked be put to shame
    and be silent^(V) in the realm of the dead.
¹⁸Let their lying lips^(W) be silenced,
    for with pride and contempt
    they speak arrogantly^(X) against the righteous.