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Chapter 31 |
| 1 | In thee, O
LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy
righteousness. |
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2 | Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be
thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me. |
| 3 | For thou
art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide
me. |
| 4 |
Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for
thou art my strength. |
| 5 | Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast
redeemed me, O LORD God of truth. |
| 6 | I have hated them that regard
lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD. |
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7 | I will be glad and rejoice
in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in
adversities; |
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| And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou
hast set my feet in a large room. |
| 9 | Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for
I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my
belly. |
| 10
| For my life is spent with grief, and my years with
sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are
consumed. |
| 11
| 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. |
| 12 | I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I
am like a broken vessel. |
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13 | 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. |
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14 | But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said,
Thou art my God. |
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15 | My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand
of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me. |
| 16 | Make thy
face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake. |
| 17 | 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. |
| 18 | Let the
lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and
contemptuously against the righteous. |
| 19 | 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! |
| 20 | 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. |
| 21 | Blessed be
the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.
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| 22 | 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. |
| 23 |
O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth
the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer. |
| 24 | Be of good
courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD. |
