What is Psalm 31 and James 4:17

1 Lord, I seek refuge in you; let me never be disgraced.Ps 25:2 Save me by your righteousness. 2Listen closely to me; rescue me quickly. Be a rock of refuge for me, a mountain fortress to save me.Ps 71:1–2 3For you are my rock and my fortress;Ps 18:2; 71:3 you lead and guide me for your name’s sake.Ps 23:3; 25:11 4You will free me from the net that is secretly set for me, for you are my refuge.Ps 25:15; 46:1 5Into your hand I entrust my spirit;Lk 23:46 you have redeemed me,31:5 Or spirit. Redeem me Lord, God of truth.Ps 25:5 6I31:6 One Hb ms, LXX, Syr, Vg, Jer read You hate those who are devoted to worthless idols, but I trust in the Lord.Ps 26:5; Jnh 2:8 7I will rejoice and be glad in your faithful love because you have seen my affliction. You know the troubles of my soulPs 10:14 8and have not handed me over to the enemy.Dt 32:30 You have set my feet in a spacious place.Jb 36:16 9Be gracious to me, Lord, because I am in distress;Ps 69:17 my eyes are worn out from frustration — my whole being31:9 Lit my soul and my belly as well.Ps 6:7; 63:1 10Indeed, my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning;Ps 102:3 my strength has failed because of my iniquity,31:10 LXX, Syr, Sym read affliction and my bones waste away.Ps 32:3; 38:3 11I am ridiculed by all my adversaries and even by my neighbors. I am dreaded by my acquaintances; those who see me in the street run from me.Jb 19:13; Ps 38:11; 88:8,18 12I am forgotten: gone from memory like a dead person — like broken pottery.Ps 88:5; Ec 9:5 13I have heard the gossip of many; terror is on every side.Jr 6:25; 20:10; 46:5; 49:29 When they conspired against me, they plotted to take my life.Ps 41:7; Mt 27:1 14But I trust in you, Lord; I say, “You are my God.”Ps 140:6 15The course of my life is in your power;Jb 14:5; 24:1 rescue me from the power of my enemies and from my persecutors.Ps 59:1 16Make your face shine on your servant;Nm 6:25 save me by your faithful love.Ps 6:4; 119:135 17 Lord, do not let me be disgraced when I call on you.Ps 25:2–3,20 Let the wicked be disgraced; let them be quiet31:17 LXX reads brought down31:17 Or them wail in Sheol.Ps 94:17; 115:17 18Let lying lipsPs 120:2 that arrogantly speak against the righteous in proud contempt be silenced.1Sm 2:3; Ps 94:4 19How great is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you. In the presence of everyone31:19 Or of the descendants of Adam you have acted for those who take refuge in you.Ps 5:11; 23:5 20You hide them in the protection of your presence;Ps 17:8 you conceal them in a shelter from human schemes, from quarrelsome tongues.Ps 27:5; 32:7 21Blessed be the Lord, for he has wondrously shown his faithful love to me in a city under siege.Ps 28:6 22In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from your sight.”Ps 88:5; Is 38:11–12 But you heard the sound of my pleading when I cried to you for help.Ps 66:19; 145:19 23Love the Lord, all his faithful ones.Ps 30:4 The Lord protects the loyal, but fully repays the arrogant.Ps 94:2; Jms 4:6; 1Pt 5:5 24Be strong, and let your heart be courageous,Dt 31:23; Jos 1:9 all you who put your hope in the Lord.Ps 27:14 So it is sin to know the good and yet not do it. https://temtube.com/ #bible #bibleverse #subscribe