Psalm 31:9-18

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

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,^[a]
    and my bones waste away.^(A)

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

¹⁴ But I trust in you, O Lord;
    I say, “You are my God.”^(E)
15 My times are in your hand;
    deliver me from the hand of my enemies and persecutors.^(F)
16 Let your face shine upon your servant;
    save me in your steadfast love.^(G)
17 Do not let me be put to shame, O Lord,
    for I call on you;
let the wicked be put to shame;
    let them go dumbfounded to Sheol.^(H)
18 Let the lying lips be stilled
    that speak insolently against the righteous
    with pride and contempt.^(I)