Psalms 31

¹In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge;

²Incline Your ear to me;

³For You are my rock and my fortress;

⁴You free me from the net laid out for me,

⁵Into Your hands I commit my spirit;31:5 Cited in Luke 23:46

⁶I hate 31:6 MT; one Hebrew manuscript, LXX, and Syriac You hate those who cling to worthless idols,

⁷I will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion,

⁸You have not delivered me to the enemy;

⁹Be merciful to me, O LORD,

¹⁰For my life is consumed with grief

¹¹Among all my enemies I am a disgrace,

¹²I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind.

¹³For I hear the slander of many;

¹⁴But I trust in You, O LORD;

¹⁵My times are in Your hands;

¹⁶Make Your face shine on Your servant;

¹⁷O LORD, let me not be ashamed,

¹⁸May lying lips be silenced—

¹⁹How great is Your goodness

²⁰You hide them in the secret place of Your presence

²¹Blessed be the LORD,

²²In my alarm I said,

²³Love the LORD, all His saints.

²⁴Be strong and courageous,