Psalm 31:1-14
“(1) LORD, I seek refuge in you; let me never be disgraced. Save me by your righteousness.
(2) Listen closely to me; rescue me quickly. Be a rock of refuge for me, a mountain fortress to save me.
(3) For you are my rock and my fortress; you lead and guide me for your name’s sake.
(4) You will free me from the net that is secretly set for me, for you are my refuge.
(5) Into your hand I entrust my spirit; you have redeemed me, LORD, God of truth.
(6) I hate those who are devoted to worthless idols, but I trust in the LORD.
(7) I will rejoice and be glad in your faithful love because you have seen my affliction. You know the troubles of my soul
(8) and have not handed me over to the enemy. You have set my feet in a spacious place.
(9) Be gracious to me, LORD, because I am in distress; my eyes are worn out from frustration — my whole being as well.
(10) Indeed, my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my strength has failed because of my iniquity, and my bones waste away.
(11) I 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.
(12) I am forgotten: gone from memory like a dead person — like broken pottery.
(13) I have heard the gossip of many; terror is on every side. When they conspired against me, they plotted to take my life.
(14) But I trust in you, LORD; I say, “You are my God.”” – Psalm 31:1-14 CSB
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Life Group Questions: Read Psalm 31:1-14
- What do we know about God’s name and character? Why does He love to deliver us?
- What kinds of “net” ensnare us? What is the escape route?
- How can we take refuge in the Lord?
- In verse 5, David says, “Into Your hand I commit my spirit”. Where have these words also been spoken? Focusing on “commit/commitment”, why should these words be important to us?
- Read Luke 23:45 and Acts 7:59
- What do we need to do to put away our pride, selfishness and the foolish things we do?
- How may we pray for you?