Psalm 31:9-16

Contemporary English Version

⁹Have pity, Lord!
I am hurting and almost blind.
    My whole body aches.
¹⁰I have known only sorrow
all my life long, and I suffer
    year after year.
I am weak from sin,
    and my bones are limp.

¹¹My enemies insult me.
Neighbors are even worse,
    and I disgust my friends.
People meet me on the street,
    and they turn and run.
¹²I am completely forgotten
like someone dead.
    I am merely a broken dish.
¹³I hear the crowds whisper,
    “Everyone is afraid!”
They are plotting and scheming
    to murder me.

¹⁴But I trust you, Lord,
    and I claim you as my God.
¹⁵My life is in your hands.
Save me from enemies
    who hunt me down.
¹⁶Smile on me, your servant.
    Have pity and rescue me.

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Psalm 31:9-16

New International Version

⁹Be merciful to me, Lord, for I am in distress;^(A)
    my eyes grow weak with sorrow,^(B)
    my soul and body^(C) with grief.
¹⁰My life is consumed by anguish^(D)
    and my years by groaning;^(E)
my strength fails^(F) because of my affliction,^[a]^(G)
    and my bones grow weak.^(H)
¹¹Because of all my enemies,^(I)
    I am the utter contempt^(J) of my neighbors^(K)
and an object of dread to my closest friends—
    those who see me on the street flee from me.
¹²I am forgotten as though I were dead;^(L)
    I have become like broken pottery.
¹³For I hear many whispering,^(M)
    “Terror on every side!”^(N)
They conspire against me^(O)
    and plot to take my life.^(P)

¹⁴But I trust^(Q) in you, Lord;
    I say, “You are my God.”
¹⁵My times^(R) are in your hands;
    deliver me from the hands of my enemies,
    from those who pursue me.
¹⁶Let your face shine^(S) on your servant;
    save me in your unfailing love.^(T)