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Free me from the net they have set for me,
    for you are my refuge.
[a]Into your hands I commend my spirit;(A)
    you will redeem me, Lord, God of truth.

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Footnotes

  1. 31:6 Into your hands I commend my spirit: in Lk 23:46 Jesus breathes his last with this Psalm verse. Stephen in Acts 7:59 alludes to these words as he is attacked by enemies. The verse is used as an antiphon in the Divine Office at Compline, the last prayer of the day.

14 I hear the whispers of the crowd;
    terrors are all around me.[a]
They conspire together against me;
    they plot to take my life.

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  1. 31:14 Terrors are all around me: a cry used in inescapable danger, cf. Jer 6:25; 20:10; 46:5; 49:29.

15 But I trust in you, Lord;
    I say, “You are my God.”(A)
16 My destiny is in your hands;
    rescue me from my enemies,
    from the hands of my pursuers.

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