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Chapter 31
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In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be
ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness. |
2
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Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou
my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me. |
3
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For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for
thy name's sake lead me, and guide me. |
4
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Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily
for me: for thou art my strength. |
5
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Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed
me, O LORD God of truth. |
6
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I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I
trust in the LORD. |
7
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I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast
considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities; |
8
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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
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Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine
eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. |
10
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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
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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
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I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like
a broken vessel. |
13
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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. |
14
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But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my
God. |
15
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My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand
of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me. |
16
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Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for
thy mercies' sake. |
17
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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
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Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous
things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous. |
19
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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
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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
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Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous
kindness in a strong city. |
22
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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
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O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth
the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer. |
24
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Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart,
all ye that hope in the LORD. |
