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To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness (31:1)

Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me (31:2)

For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me (31:3)

Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength (31:4)

Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth (31:5)

I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the Lord (31:6)

I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities (31:7)

And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room (31:8)

Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly (31:9)

For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed (31:10)

I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me (31:11)

I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel (31:12)

For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life (31:13)

But I trusted in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God (31:14)

My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me (31:15)

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake (31:16)

Let me not be ashamed, O Lord; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave (31:17)

Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous (31:18)

Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men (31:19)

Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues (31:20)

Blessed be the Lord: for he hath showed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city (31:21)

For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee (31:22)

O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer (31:23)

Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord (31:24)

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