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13 O LORD, I cry out to you. I will keep on pleading day by day.
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But I cry to you for help, LORD; in the morning my prayer comes before you.
14 O LORD, why do you reject me? Why do you turn your face from me?
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Why, LORD, do you reject me and hide your face from me?
15 I have been sick and close to death since my youth. I stand helpless and desperate before your terrors.
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From my youth I have suffered and been close to death; I have borne your terrors and am in despair.
16 Your fierce anger has overwhelmed me. Your terrors have paralyzed me.
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Your wrath has swept over me; your terrors have destroyed me.
17 They swirl around me like floodwaters all day long. They have engulfed me completely.
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All day long they surround me like a flood; they have completely engulfed me.
18 You have taken away my companions and loved ones. Darkness is my closest friend.
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You have taken from me friend and neighbor— darkness is my closest friend.
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