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1 Lord, I cry out to you because I'm suffering so deeply.
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1 Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD;
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2 Lord, listen to me. Pay attention to my cry for your favor.
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2 O Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.
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3 Lord, suppose you kept a record of sins. Lord, who then wouldn't be found guilty?
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3 If you, O LORD, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand?
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4 But you forgive. So people have respect for you.
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4 But with you there is forgiveness; therefore you are feared.
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5 With all my heart I wait for the LORD to help me. I put my hope in his word.
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5 I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope.
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6 I wait for the Lord to help me. I wait with more longing than those on guard duty wait for the morning. I'll say it again. I wait with more longing than those on guard duty wait for the morning.
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6 My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning.
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7 Israel, put your hope in the Lord, because the LORD's love never fails. He sets his people completely free.
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7 O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is unfailing love and with him is full redemption.
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8 He himself will set Israel free from all of their sins.
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8 He himself will redeem Israel from all their sins.
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