n°19 / Psalms 31 :

1In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust ; let me never be ashamed : deliver me in thy righteousness.
2Bow down thine ear to me ; deliver me speedily : be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
3For thou art my rock and my fortress ; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me.
4Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me : for thou art my strength.
5Into thine hand I commit my spirit : thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
6I have hated them that regard lying vanities : but I trust in the LORD.
7I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy : for thou hast considered my trouble ; thou hast known my soul in adversities ;
8And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy : thou hast set my feet in a large room.
9Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble : mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
10For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing : my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
11I 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.
12I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind : I am like a broken vessel.
13For 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.
14But I trusted in thee, O LORD : I said, Thou art my God.
15My times are in thy hand : deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
16Make thy face to shine upon thy servant : save me for thy mercies’ sake.
17Let 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.
18Let the lying lips be put to silence ; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
19Oh 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 !
20Thou 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.
21Blessed be the LORD : for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.
22For 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.
23O love the LORD, all ye his saints : for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
24Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.