Psalm 31:9-18
New Living Translation
9 Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am in distress.
Tears blur my eyes.
My body and soul are withering away.
10 I am dying from grief;
my years are shortened by sadness.
Sin has drained my strength;
I am wasting away from within.
11 I 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.
12 I am ignored as if I were dead,
as if I were a broken pot.
13 I have heard the many rumors about me,
and I am surrounded by terror.
My enemies conspire against me,
plotting to take my life.
14 But I am trusting you, O Lord,
saying, “You are my God!”
15 My future is in your hands.
Rescue me from those who hunt me down relentlessly.
16 Let your favor shine on your servant.
In your unfailing love, rescue me.
17 Don’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]
18 Silence their lying lips—
those proud and arrogant lips that accuse the godly.
Footnotes
- 31:17 Hebrew in Sheol.
Psalm 31:9-18
New International Version
9 Be merciful to me, Lord, for I am in distress;(A)
my eyes grow weak with sorrow,(B)
my soul and body(C) with grief.
10 My 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)
11 Because 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.
12 I am forgotten as though I were dead;(L)
I have become like broken pottery.
13 For I hear many whispering,(M)
“Terror on every side!”(N)
They conspire against me(O)
and plot to take my life.(P)
14 But I trust(Q) in you, Lord;
I say, “You are my God.”
15 My times(R) are in your hands;
deliver me from the hands of my enemies,
from those who pursue me.
16 Let your face shine(S) on your servant;
save me in your unfailing love.(T)
17 Let 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.
18 Let their lying lips(W) be silenced,
for with pride and contempt
they speak arrogantly(X) against the righteous.
Footnotes
- Psalm 31:10 Or guilt
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