Psalms 31:1-16

In You, O LORD, do I seek refuge; may I never be ashamed; deliver me in Your righteousness. Incline Your ear to me; deliver me speedily; be my strong rock, a strong fortress to save me. For You are my rock and my fortress; for Your name’s sake lead me and guide me. Lead me out of the net that they have hidden for me, for You are my strength. Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O LORD, God of truth. I have hated those who regard worthless vanity, but I trust in the LORD. I will be glad and rejoice in Your lovingkindness, for You have seen my trouble; You have known my soul in adversities, and have not delivered me up into the hand of the enemy; You have set my feet in a broad place. Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in trouble; my eye wastes away with grief, yes, my soul and my body. For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones waste away. I became a reproach among all my enemies, but especially among my neighbors, and a dread to my acquaintances; those who saw me outside fled fromme. I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind; I am like a broken vessel. For I have heard the slander of many; fear was on every side; while they took counsel together againstme, they planned to take away my life. But I trusted in You, O LORD; I said, “You are my God.” My times are in Your hand; deliver me from the hand of my enemies and my pursuers. Make Your face to shine on Your servant; save me by Your lovingkindness.