Today's Bible Reading -- Psalm 31:1-16

¹ In you, O 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 Free me from the trap that is set for me,
       for you are my refuge.
 ⁵ Into your hands I commit my spirit;
       redeem me, O LORD, the God of truth.
 ⁶ I hate those who cling to worthless idols;
       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 handed me over to the enemy
       but have set my feet in a spacious place.
 ⁹ Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress;
       my eyes grow weak with sorrow,
       my soul and my body with grief.
 ¹⁰ My life is consumed by anguish
       and my years by groaning;
       my strength fails because of my affliction, ^[a]
       and my bones grow weak.
 ¹¹ Because of all my enemies,
       I am the utter contempt of my neighbors;
       I am a dread to my friends—
       those who see me on the street flee from me.
 ¹² I am forgotten by them as though I were dead;
       I have become like broken pottery.
 ¹³ For I hear the slander of many;
       there is terror on every side;
       they conspire against me
       and plot to take my life.
 ¹⁴ But I trust in You, O LORD;
       I say, "You are my God."
 ¹⁵ My times are in Your hands;
       deliver me from my enemies
       and from those who pursue me.
 ¹⁶ Let your face shine on your servant;
       save me in your unfailing love.