Psalm 31
or Coverdale
In te, Domine, speravi

¹In you, O Lord, have I taken refuge;
let me never be put to shame; *
deliver me in your righteousness.
²Incline your ear to me; *
make haste to deliver me.
³Be my strong rock, a castle to keep me safe,
for you are my crag and my stronghold; *
for the sake of your Name, lead me and guide me.
⁴Take me out of the net that they have secretly set for me, *
for you are my tower of strength.
⁵Into your hands I commend my spirit, *
for you have redeemed me,
O Lord, O God of truth.
⁶I hate those who cling to worthless idols, *
and I put my trust in the Lord.
⁷I will rejoice and be glad because of your mercy; *
for you have seen my affliction;
you know my distress.
⁸You have not shut me up in the power of the enemy; *
you have set my feet in an open place.
⁹Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; *
my eye is consumed with sorrow,
and also my throat and my belly.
¹⁰For my life is wasted with grief,
and my years with sighing; *
my strength fails me because of affliction,
and my bones are consumed.
¹¹I have become a reproach to all my enemies and
even to my neighbors,
a dismay to those of my acquaintance; *
when they see me in the street they avoid me.
¹²I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind; *
I am as useless as a broken pot.
¹³For I have heard the whispering of the crowd;
fear is all around; *
they put their heads together against me;
they plot to take my life.
¹⁴But as for me, I have trusted in you, O Lord. *
I have said, "You are my God.
¹⁵My times are in your hand; *
rescue me from the hand of my enemies,
and from those who persecute me.
¹⁶Make your face to shine upon your servant, *
and in your loving-kindness save me."
¹⁷Lord, let me not be ashamed for having called upon you; *
rather, let the wicked be put to shame;
let them be silent in the grave.
¹⁸Let the lying lips be silenced which speak against
the righteous, *
haughtily, disdainfully, and with contempt.
¹⁹How great is your goodness, O Lord!
which you have laid up for those who fear you; *
which you have done in the sight of all
for those who put their trust in you.
²⁰You hide them in the covert of your presence from those
who slander them; *
you keep them in your shelter from the strife of tongues.
²¹Blessed be the Lord! *
for he has shown me the wonders of his love in a
besieged city.
²²Yet I said in my alarm,
"I have been cut off from the sight of your eyes." *
Nevertheless, you heard the sound of my entreaty
when I cried out to you.
²³Love the Lord, all you who worship him; *
the Lord protects the faithful,
but repays to the full those who act haughtily.
²⁴Be strong and let your heart take courage, *
all you who wait for the Lord.