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15 My life is in your hands.
    Save me from those who are persecuting me.
16 Please welcome and accept your servant.[a]
    Be kind to me and save me.
17 Lord, I am praying to you.
    Don’t let me be disappointed.
The wicked are the ones who should be disappointed.
    Let them go to the grave in silence.

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  1. Psalm 31:16 Please … servant Literally, “Let your face shine on your servant.”

15 My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.

17 Let 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.

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