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1 Listen to my prayer, LORD! Because of your faithfulness, hear my requests for mercy! Because of your righteousness, answer me!
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LORD, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy; in your faithfulness and righteousness come to my relief.
2 Please don't bring your servant to judgment, because no living thing is righteous before you.
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Do not bring your servant into judgment, for no one living is righteous before you.
3 The enemy is chasing me, crushing my life in the dirt, forcing me to live in the dark like those who've been dead forever.
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The enemy pursues me, he crushes me to the ground; he makes me dwell in the darkness like those long dead.
4 My spirit is weak inside me— inside, my mind is numb.
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So my spirit grows faint within me; my heart within me is dismayed.
5 I remember the days long past; I meditate on all your deeds; I contemplate your handiwork.
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I remember the days of long ago; I meditate on all your works and consider what your hands have done.
6 I stretch out my hands to you; my whole being is like dry dirt, thirsting for you. Selah
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I spread out my hands to you; I thirst for you like a parched land.
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