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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
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