Psalm 31

Show your servant the light of your countenance, *

and save me for your mercy’s sake.

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

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.

Oh, how plentiful is your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you, *

and which you have prepared for those who put their trust in you, even before the children of men!

You hide them in the secret place of your presence from those who conspire against them; *

you keep them in your refuge from the strife of tongues.

Thanks be to the Lord, *

for he has shown me marvellously great kindness in a strong city.

But when I was afraid, I said in my haste, *

“I am cast out of the sight of your eyes.”

Nevertheless, you heard the voice of my prayer *

when I cried unto you.

O love the Lord, all you his saints, *

for the Lord preserves those who are faithful, and plenteously repays the proud.

Be strong, and he shall establish your heart, *

all you that put your trust in the Lord.