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The Book of Psalms, 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.
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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.
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For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's
sake lead me, and guide me.
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Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for
thou art my strength.
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Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD
God of truth.
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I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the
LORD.
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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;
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken
vessel.
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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.
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But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.
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My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine
enemies, and from them that persecute me.
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Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy
mercies' sake.
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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.
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Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous
things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
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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!
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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.
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Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous
kindness in a strong city.
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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.
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O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the
faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
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Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye
that hope in the LORD.
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