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Psalms 31:9-18

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9Be gracious to me, Lord, for I am in distress;

My eye is wasted away from grief, my soul and my body too.

10For my life is spent with sorrow

And my years with sighing;

My strength has failed because of my guilt,

And my body has wasted away.

11Because of all my adversaries, I have become a disgrace,

Especially to my neighbors,

And an object of dread to my acquaintances;

Those who see me in the street flee from me.

12I am forgotten like a dead person, out of mind;

I am like a broken vessel.

13For I have heard the slander of many,

Terror is on every side;

While they took counsel together against me,

They schemed to take away my life.

14But as for me, I trust in You, Lord,

I say, “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 shine upon Your servant;

Save me in Your faithfulness.

17Let me not be put to shame, Lord, for I call upon You;

Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol.

18Let the lying lips be speechless,

Which speak arrogantly against the righteous

With pride and contempt.