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In you, Lord, I take refuge;(A)
    let me never be put to shame.
In your righteousness deliver me;

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[a]Into your hands I commend my spirit;(A)
    you will redeem me, Lord, God of truth.

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Footnotes

  1. 31:6 Into your hands I commend my spirit: in Lk 23:46 Jesus breathes his last with this Psalm verse. Stephen in Acts 7:59 alludes to these words as he is attacked by enemies. The verse is used as an antiphon in the Divine Office at Compline, the last prayer of the day.

12 To all my foes I am a thing of scorn,
    and especially to my neighbors
    a horror to my friends.
When they see me in public,
    they quickly shy away.(A)
13 I am forgotten, out of mind like the dead;
    I am like a worn-out tool.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 31:13 Like a worn-out tool: a common comparison for something ruined and useless, cf. Is 30:14; Jer 19:11; 22:28.

15 But I trust in you, Lord;
    I say, “You are my God.”(A)
16 My destiny is in your hands;
    rescue me from my enemies,
    from the hands of my pursuers.
17 Let your face shine on your servant;(B)
    save me in your mercy.

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25 Be strong and take heart,
    all who hope in the Lord.

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