Psalms 31 David prays to God to deliver him; he praises his lovingkindness and urges him to trust in him

 Psalms 31

David prays to God to deliver him; he praises his lovingkindness and urges him to trust in him

1 In you, O Lord, I trust; never let me be put to shame; deliver me in your righteousness.

2 Incline your ear to me; rescue me quickly; be my rock, a mighty house that saves me.

3 For you are my rock and my fortress; therefore, for your name's sake, lead me and guide me.

4 Pull me out of the net that they have hidden for me, for you are my strength.

5 Into your hand I commit my spirit; you have redeemed me, O Lord, the God of truth.

6 I hate those who follow deceitful vanities; but I trust in the Lord.

7 I will be glad and rejoice in your loving kindness, for you have considered my affliction; you have known my soul in distress.

8 You have not given me over to the enemy; you have set my feet in a large place.

9 Be merciful to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; my eyes waste away with grief, my soul and my body.

10 For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones waste away.

11 Because of all my enemies I have become a reproach to my neighbors, and a horror to my acquaintances; those who saw me in the street fled from me.

12 I am forgotten in their hearts like a dead man; I am like a broken vessel.

13 For I have heard the murmuring of many; fear was all around, because everyone was slandering me. They tried to take my life.

14 But I trusted in you, O Lord; I said, “You are my God.”

15 My times are in your hand; deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those who persecute me.

16 Make your face shine upon your servant; save me for the sake of your lovingkindness.

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 be silent in the grave.

18 Let lying lips be silent, speaking evil in arrogance and contempt against the righteous.

19 Oh, how great is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you, and which you have shown to those who trust in you in the presence of the sons of men!

20 You will hide them in the secret of your presence from the plots of men; you will hide them in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

21 Blessed be the Lord, for he has shown me wonderful mercy in a secure city.

22 For I said in my haste, “I am cut off from your sight.” Yet you heard the voice of my supplications when I cried out to you.

23 Love the Lord, all you his saints, for the Lord preserves the faithful and rewards the proud with abundance.

24 Be strong, and he will strengthen your heart, all you who wait for the Lord.