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1 Lord, hear my prayer; listen to my cry for mercy. Answer me because you are loyal and good.
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Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my pleas for mercy! In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness!
2 Don't judge me, your servant, because no one alive is right before you.
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Enter not into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you.
3 My enemies are chasing me; they crushed me to the ground. They made me live in darkness like those long dead.
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For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.
4 I am afraid; my courage is gone.
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Therefore my spirit faints within me; my heart within me is appalled.
5 I remember what happened long ago; I consider everything you have done. I think about all you have made.
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I remember the days of old; I meditate on all that you have done; I ponder the work of your hands.
6 I lift my hands to you in prayer. As a dry land needs rain, I thirst for you. Selah
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I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah
7 Lord, answer me quickly, because I am getting weak. Don't turn away from me, or I will be like those who are dead.
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Answer me quickly, O Lord! My spirit fails! Hide not your face from me, lest I be like those who go down to the pit.
8 Tell me in the morning about your love, because I trust you. Show me what I should do, because my prayers go up to you.
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Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.
9 Lord, save me from my enemies; I hide in you.
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Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord! I have fled to you for refuge.
10 Teach me to do what you want, because you are my God. lead me on level ground.
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Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground!
11 Lord, let me live so people will praise you. In your goodness save me from my troubles.
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For your name’s sake, O Lord, preserve my life! In your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble!
12 In your love defeat my enemies. Destroy all those who trouble me, because I am your servant. Of David.
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And in your steadfast love you will cut off my enemies, and you will destroy all the adversaries of my soul, for I am your servant.