May 30, 2018
1 In you, Lord, I have taken refuge;
let me never be put to shame;
deliver me in your righteousness.
2 Turn your ear to me,
come quickly to my rescue;
be my rock of refuge,
a strong fortress to save me.
3 Since you are my rock and my
fortress,
for the sake of your name lead and guide
me.
4 Keep me free from the trap that is set
for me,
for you are my refuge.
5 Into your hands I commit my
spirit;
deliver me, Lord, my faithful God.
6 I hate those who
cling to worthless idols;
as for me, I trust in the Lord.
7 I will be glad and rejoice in your
love,
for you saw my affliction
and knew the anguish of my
soul.
8 You have not given me into the
hands of the enemy
but have set my feet in a spacious
place.
9 Be merciful to
me, Lord, for I am in
distress;
my eyes grow weak with sorrow,
my soul and body with grief.
10 My life is consumed by anguish
and my years by groaning;
my strength fails because of my
affliction,[b]
and my bones grow weak.
11 Because of all my enemies,
I am the utter contempt of my
neighbors
and an object of dread to my closest
friends—
those who see me on the street flee from
me.
12 I am forgotten as though I were
dead;
I have become like broken
pottery.
13 For I hear many whispering,
“Terror on every side!”
They conspire against me
and plot to take my life.
14 But I
trust in you, Lord;
I say, “You are my God.”