Psalm 31

In thee, O Lord, have I put my trust  *

let me never be put to confusion, deliver me in thy righteousness.

Bow down thine ear to me *

make haste to deliver me.

And be thou my strong rock, and house of defence *

that thou mayest save me.

For thou art my strong rock, and my castle *

be thou also my guide, and lead me for thy Name’s sake.

Draw me out of the net that they have laid privily for me *

for thou art my strength.

Let me not be confounded, O Lord, for I have called upon thee *

let the ungodly be put to confusion, and be put to silence in the grave.

Let the lying lips be put to silence *

which cruelly, disdainfully, and despitefully, speak against the righteous.

O how plentiful is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee *

and that thou hast prepared for them that put their trust in thee, even before the sons of men!

Thou shalt hide them privily by thine own presence from the provoking of all men *

thou shalt keep them secretly in thy tabernacle from the strife of tongues.

Thanks be to the Lord *

for he hath shewed me marvellous great kindness in a strong city.

And when I made haste, I said *

I am cast out of the sight of thine eyes.