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31.13 :I am like a useless vessel.
 * For I have heard the whispering of many,
 * Terror on every side;
 * While they took counsel together against me,
 * They devised to take away my life.


 * But as for me, I have trusted in Thee, O ;
 * I have said: 'Thou art my God.'
 * My times are in Thy hand;
 * Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
 * Make Thy face to shine upon Thy servant;
 * Save me in Thy lovingkindness.
 * O, let me not be ashamed, for I have called upon Thee;
 * Let the wicked be ashamed, let them be put to silence in the nether-world.
 * Let the lying lips be dumb,
 * Which speak arrogantly against the righteous,
 * With pride and contempt.


 * Oh how abundant is Thy goodness, which Thou hast laid up for them that fear Thee;
 * Which Thou hast wrought for them that take their refuge in Thee, in the sight of the sons of men!
 * Thou hidest them in the covert of Thy presence from the plottings of man;
 * Thou concealest them in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
 * Blessed be the ;
 * For He hath shown me His wondrous lovingkindness in an entrenched city.
 * As for me, 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.


 * O love the, all ye His godly ones;
 * The preserveth the faithful,
 * And plentifully repayeth him that acteth haughtily.
 * Be strong, and let your heart take courage,
 * All ye that wait for the.

[A Psalm] of David. Maschil.


 * Happy is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is pardoned.
 * Happy is the man unto whom the counteth not iniquity,
 * And in whose spirit there is no guile.


 * When I kept silence, my bones wore away Through my groaning all the day long.
 * For day and night Thy hand was heavy upon me;
 * My sap was turned as in the droughts of summer.
 * I acknowledged my sin unto Thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid;
 * I said: 'I will make confession concerning my transgressions unto the '—
 * And Thou, Thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin.


 * For this let every one that is godly pray unto Thee in a time when Thou mayest be found;
 * Surely, when the great waters overflow, they will not reach unto him.
 * Thou art my hiding-place; Thou wilt preserve me from the adversary;