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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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How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
2 How long must I take counsel 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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How long must I bear pain in my soul, and have sorrow in my heart all day long? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
3 Consider and answer me, O Lord my God; light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,
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Consider and answer me, O Lord my God! Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death,
4 lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed over him, ”lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken.
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and my enemy will say, "I have prevailed"; my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.
5 But I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.
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But I trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.
6 I will sing to the Lord, because he has dealt bountifully with me.
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I will sing to the Lord, because he has dealt bountifully with me.
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