Psalm 31:1-5

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Psalm 31^[a]^(A)

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

¹In you, Lord, I have taken refuge;^(B)
    let me never be put to shame;
    deliver me in your righteousness.^(C)
²Turn your ear to me,^(D)
    come quickly to my rescue;^(E)
be my rock of refuge,^(F)
    a strong fortress to save me.
³Since you are my rock and my fortress,^(G)
    for the sake of your name^(H) lead and guide me.
⁴Keep me free from the trap^(I) that is set for me,
    for you are my refuge.^(J)
⁵Into your hands I commit my spirit;^(K)
    deliver me, Lord, my faithful God.^(L)

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Footnotes

Psalm 31:1 In Hebrew texts 31:1-24 is numbered 31:2-25.

Psalm 31:12-19

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¹²I am forgotten as though I were dead;^(A)
    I have become like broken pottery.
¹³For I hear many whispering,^(B)
    “Terror on every side!”^(C)
They conspire against me^(D)
    and plot to take my life.^(E)

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

¹⁹How abundant are the good things^(N)
that you have stored up for those who fear you,
that you bestow in the sight of all,^(O)
on those who take refuge^(P) in you.

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1 Peter 2:2-10

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²Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk,^(A) so that by it you may grow up^(B) in your salvation, ³now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.^(C)

The Living Stone and a Chosen People

⁴As you come to him, the living Stone^(D)—rejected by humans but chosen by God^(E) and precious to him— ⁵you also, like living stones, are being built^(F) into a spiritual house^[a]^(G) to be a holy priesthood,^(H) offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.^(I) ⁶For in Scripture it says:

“See, I lay a stone in Zion,
a chosen and precious cornerstone,^(J)
and the one who trusts in him
will never be put to shame.”^[b]^(K)

⁷Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe,^(L)

“The stone the builders rejected^(M)
has become the cornerstone,”^[c]^(N)

⁸and,

“A stone that causes people to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall.”^[d]^(O)

They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.^(P)

⁹But you are a chosen people,^(Q) a royal priesthood,^(R) a holy nation,^(S) God’s special possession,^(T) that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.^(U) ¹⁰Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God;^(V) once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.