Psalm 31:1-16

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

³ You are indeed my rock and my fortress;
    for your name’s sake lead me and guide me,
⁴ take me out of the net that is hidden for me,
    for you are my refuge.
⁵ Into your hand I commit my spirit;
    you have redeemed me, O Lord, faithful God.

⁶ You hate^[a] those who pay regard to worthless idols,
    but I trust in the Lord.
⁷ I will exult and rejoice in your steadfast love,
    because you have seen my affliction;
    you have taken heed of my adversities,
⁸ and have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy;
    you have set my feet in a broad place.

⁹ Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress;
    my eye wastes away from grief,
    my soul and body also.
¹⁰ For my life is spent with sorrow,
    and my years with sighing;
my strength fails because of my misery,^[b]
    and my bones waste away.

¹¹ I am the scorn of all my adversaries,
    a horror^[c] to my neighbours,
an object of dread to my acquaintances;
    those who see me in the street flee from me.
¹² I have passed out of mind like one who is dead;
    I have become like a broken vessel.
¹³ For I hear the whispering of many—
    terror all around!—
as they scheme together against me,
    as they plot to take my life.

¹⁴ But I trust in you, O Lord;
    I say, ‘You are my God.’
¹⁵ My times are in your hand;
    deliver me from the hand of my enemies and persecutors.
¹⁶ Let your face shine upon your servant;
    save me in your steadfast love.