Psalm 31:9-18

English Standard Version

⁹Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am ^(A)in distress;
    ^(B)my eye is wasted from grief;
    my soul and my body also.
¹⁰For my life is spent with sorrow,
    and my years with sighing;
my strength fails because of my iniquity,
    and ^(C)my bones waste away.

¹¹Because of all my adversaries I have become ^(D)a reproach,
    especially to my ^(E)neighbors,
and an object of dread to my acquaintances;
    those who see me in the street ^(F)flee from me.
¹²I have been ^(G)forgotten like one who is dead;
    I have become like ^(H)a broken vessel.
¹³For I ^(I)hear the whispering of many—
    terror on every side!—
^(J)as they scheme together against me,
    as they plot to take my life.

¹⁴But I ^(K)trust in you, O Lord;
    I say, “You are my God.”
¹⁵My ^(L)times are in your hand;
    ^(M)rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors!
¹⁶^(N)Make your face shine on your servant;
    save me in your steadfast love!
¹⁷O Lord, ^(O)let me not be put to shame,
    for I call upon you;
let the wicked be put to shame;
    let them go ^(P)silently to Sheol.
¹⁸Let the lying lips be mute,
    which ^(Q)speak ^(R)insolently against the righteous
    in pride and contempt.