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For you are my rock and my fortress;(A)
    for your name’s sake lead me and guide me.
Free me from the net they have set for me,
    for you are my refuge.
[a]Into your hands I commend my spirit;(B)
    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.

Keep me free from the trap(A) that is set for me,
    for you are my refuge.(B)
Into your hands I commit my spirit;(C)
    deliver me, Lord, my faithful God.(D)

I hate those who cling to worthless idols;(E)
    as for me, I trust in the Lord.(F)

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