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1 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. How long, O LORD? Wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
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1 How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
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2 How long must I bear pain in my soul, and have sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
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2 How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and every day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me?
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3 Consider and answer me, O LORD my God; lighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
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3 Look on me and answer, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death;
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4 lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed over him"; lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken.
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4 my enemy will say, "I have overcome him," and my foes will rejoice when I fall.
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5 But I have trusted in thy steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.
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5 But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.
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6 I will sing to the LORD, because he has dealt bountifully with me.
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6 I will sing to the LORD, for he has been good to me.
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| Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (Revised Standard Version - Holy Bible) |
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