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1 Hear my prayer, O LORD ; listen to my plea! Answer me because you are faithful and righteous.
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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 put your servant on trial, for no one is innocent before you.
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Enter not into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you.
3 My enemy has chased me. He has knocked me to the ground and forces me to live in darkness like those in the grave.
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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 losing all hope; I am paralyzed with fear.
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Therefore my spirit faints within me; my heart within me is appalled.
5 I remember the days of old. I ponder all your great works and think about what you have done.
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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. I thirst for you as parched land thirsts for rain. Interlude
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I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah
7 Come quickly, LORD, and answer me, for my depression deepens. Don’t turn away from me, or I will die.
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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 Let me hear of your unfailing love each morning, for I am trusting you. Show me where to walk, for I give myself 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 Rescue me from my enemies, LORD ; I run to you to hide me.
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Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord! I have fled to you for refuge.
10 Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. May your gracious Spirit lead me forward on a firm footing.
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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 For the glory of your name, O LORD, preserve my life. Because of your faithfulness, bring me out of this distress.
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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 unfailing love, silence all my enemies and destroy all my foes, for I am your servant.
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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.