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* Psalm 31
In THEE, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed:
deliver me in THY righteousness.
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.
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.
I will be glad and rejoice in THY mercy:
for THOU hast considered my trouble;
THOU hast known my soul in adversities; 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.
For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
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.
I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel. 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.
My times are in THY hand:
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deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
Make THY face to shine upon THY servant: save me for THY mercies' sake.
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.
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!
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.
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.
Be of good courage,
and HE shall strengthen your heart,
all ye that hope in the Lord.