𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘺: ‘𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘔𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦,’ 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴; 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴. 𝘎𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯; 𝘱𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘗𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘤𝘶𝘱. 𝘎𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘶𝘹𝘶𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧. 𝘐𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘴, ‘𝘐 𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘯. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘰𝘸; 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯.’ 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳: 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩, 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦..

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𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩. 𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘣, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘯. 𝘐𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘥. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘴, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦. 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩. 𝘐𝘵 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥. 𝘐𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘳, 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘦, 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦.

𝕬𝖓𝖈𝖎𝖊𝖓𝖙 𝕻𝖆𝖙𝖍𝖘

𝘠𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘐 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘮 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘶𝘣𝘣𝘪𝘴𝘩, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘏𝘪𝘮, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘸, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩; 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘏𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩, 𝘪𝘧, 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴, 𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥.

𝕬𝖓𝖈𝖎𝖊𝖓𝖙 𝕻𝖆𝖙𝖍𝖘

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥, 𝘯𝘰 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘩 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘥; 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵’𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥.

𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘔𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘐 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩.

𝕬𝖓𝖈𝖎𝖊𝖓𝖙 𝕻𝖆𝖙𝖍𝖘

Psalm 31
New International Version

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

In you, Lord, I have taken refuge;
    let me never be put to shame;
    deliver me in your righteousness.
Turn your ear to me,
    come quickly to my rescue;
be my rock of refuge,
    a strong fortress to save me.
Since you are my rock and my fortress,
    for the sake of your name lead and guide me.
Keep me free from the trap that is set for me,
    for you are my refuge.
Into your hands I commit my spirit;
    deliver me, Lord, my faithful God.

I hate those who cling to worthless idols;
    as for me, I trust in the Lord.
I will be glad and rejoice in your love,
    for you saw my affliction
    and knew the anguish of my soul.
You have not given me into the hands of the enemy
    but have set my feet in a spacious place.

Be merciful to me, Lord, for I am in distress;
    my eyes grow weak with sorrow,
    my soul and body with grief.
My life is consumed by anguish
    and my years by groaning;
my strength fails because of my affliction,
    and my bones grow weak.
Because of all my enemies,
    I am the utter contempt of my neighbors
and an object of dread to my closest friends—
    those who see me on the street flee from me.
I am forgotten as though I were dead;
    I have become like broken pottery.
For I hear many whispering,
    “Terror on every side!”
They conspire against me
    and plot to take my life.

But I trust in you, Lord;
    I say, “You are my God.”
My times are in your hands;
    deliver me from the hands of my enemies,
    from those who pursue me.
Let your face shine on your servant;
    save me in your unfailing love.
Let me not be put to shame, Lord,
    for I have cried out to you;
but let the wicked be put to shame
    and be silent in the realm of the dead.
Let their lying lips be silenced,
    for with pride and contempt
    they speak arrogantly against the righteous.

How abundant are the good things
    that you have stored up for those who fear you,
that you bestow in the sight of all,
    on those who take refuge in you.
In the shelter of your presence you hide them
    from all human intrigues;
you keep them safe in your dwelling
    from accusing tongues.

Praise be to the Lord,
    for he showed me the wonders of his love
    when I was in a city under siege.
In my alarm I said,
    “I am cut off from your sight!”
Yet you heard my cry for mercy
    when I called to you for help.

Love the Lord, all his faithful people!
    The Lord preserves those who are true to him,
    but the proud he pays back in full.
Be strong and take heart,
    all you who hope in the Lord.

𝕬𝖓𝖈𝖎𝖊𝖓𝖙 𝕻𝖆𝖙𝖍𝖘