Psalms 31
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Psalm 31
Prayer and Praise for Deliverance from Enemies
To the leader. A Psalm of David.
1 #
Ps 25.2; Isa 49.23 In you, O Lord, I seek refuge;
do not let me ever be put to shame;
in your righteousness deliver me.
2 #
Ps 71.2
Incline your ear to me;
rescue me speedily.
Be a rock of refuge for me,
a strong fortress to save me.
3 #
Ps 18.2; 23.3 You are indeed my rock and my fortress;
for your name’s sake lead me and guide me;
4 #
Ps 25.15; 28.8 take me out of the net that is hidden for me,
for you are my refuge.
5 #
Lk 23.46; Acts 7.59 Into your hand I commit my spirit;
you have redeemed me, O Lord, faithful God.
6 #
Jon 2.8
You hate#31.6 Heb ms Gk Syr Jerome: MT I hate those who pay regard to worthless idols,
but I trust in the Lord.
7 #
Ps 10.14; 90.14; Jn 10.27 I will exult and rejoice in your steadfast love,
because you have seen my affliction;
you have taken notice of my adversities
8 #
Deut 32.30; Ps 4.1 and have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy;
you have set my feet in a broad place.
9Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress;
my eye wastes away from grief,
my soul and body also.
10 #
Ps 13.2; 38.3; 39.11 For my life is spent with sorrow
and my years with sighing;
my strength fails because of my misery,#31.10 Gk Syr: Heb my iniquity
and my bones waste away.
11 #
Ps 38.11; 64.8; Isa 53.4 I am the scorn of all my adversaries,
a horror#31.11 Cn: Heb exceedingly to my neighbors,
an object of dread to my acquaintances;
those who see me in the street flee from me.
12 #
Ps 88.4, 5 I have passed out of mind like one who is dead;
I have become like a broken vessel.
13 #
Jer 20.10; Lam 2.20; Mt 27.1 For I hear the whispering of many—
terror all around!—
as they scheme together against me,
as they plot to take my life.
14 #
Ps 140.6
But I trust in you, O Lord;
I say, “You are my God.”
15 #
Job 24.1; Ps 143.9 My times are in your hand;
deliver me from the hand of my enemies and persecutors.
16 #
Num 6.25; Ps 4.6 Let your face shine upon your servant;
save me in your steadfast love.
17 #
Ps 25.2, 3 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.
18 #
Ps 94.4; 120.2 Let the lying lips be stilled
that speak insolently against the righteous
with pride and contempt.
19 #
Ps 5.11; Isa 64.4; Rom 11.22 O how abundant is your goodness
that you have laid up for those who fear you
and accomplished for those who take refuge in you,
in the sight of everyone!
20 #
Job 5.21; Ps 27.5 In the shelter of your presence you hide them
from human plots;
you hold them safe under your shelter
from contentious tongues.
21 #
1 Sam 23.7; Ps 17.7 Blessed be the Lord,
for he has wondrously shown his steadfast love to me
when I was beset as a city under siege.
22 #
Ps 116.11; Lam 3.54 I had said in my alarm,
“I am driven far#31.22 Heb mss: MT cut off from your sight.”
But you heard my supplications
when I cried out to you for help.
23 #
Ps 34.9; 94.2; 145.20 Love the Lord, all you his saints.
The Lord preserves the faithful
but abundantly repays the one who acts haughtily.
24 #
Ps 27.14
Be strong, and let your heart take courage,
all you who wait for the Lord.
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