Psalm 31
To you, Lord, have I come for shelter
: let me never be put to shame.
O deliver me in your righteousness
: incline your ear to me and be swift to save me.
Be for me a rock of refuge, a fortress to defend me
: for you are my high rock and my stronghold.
Lead me and guide me for your name’s sake
: bring me out of the net that they have secretly laid for me,
for you are my strength.
Into your hands I commit my spirit
: you will redeem me, O Lord God of truth.
O Lord, let me not be confounded,
for I have called upon you
: but let the wicked be put to shame
and brought to silence in the grave.
Let the lying lips be dumb
: that in pride and contempt
speak such insolence against the just.
O how plentiful is your goodness,
stored up for those that fear you
: and prepared in the sight of men
for all who come to you for refuge.
You will hide them in the cover of your presence
from the plots of men
: you will shelter them in your refuge
from the strife of tongues.
Blessed be the Lord our God
: for he has wonderfully shown me his steadfast love,
when I was as a city besieged.
When I was afraid, I said in my haste
: ‘I am cut off from your sight.’