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81 My soul languishes for your salvation;
    I hope in your word.(A)
82 My eyes fail with watching for your promise;
    I ask, “When will you comfort me?”(B)
83 For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke,
    yet I have not forgotten your statutes.(C)
84 How long must your servant endure?
    When will you judge those who persecute me?(D)
85 The arrogant have dug pitfalls for me;
    they flout your law.(E)
86 All your commandments are enduring;
    I am persecuted without cause; help me!(F)
87 They have almost made an end of me on earth,
    but I have not forsaken your precepts.
88 In your steadfast love spare my life,
    so that I may keep the decrees of your mouth.

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81 My soul faints(A) with longing for your salvation,(B)
    but I have put my hope(C) in your word.
82 My eyes fail,(D) looking for your promise;(E)
    I say, “When will you comfort me?”
83 Though I am like a wineskin in the smoke,
    I do not forget(F) your decrees.
84 How long(G) must your servant wait?
    When will you punish my persecutors?(H)
85 The arrogant(I) dig pits(J) to trap me,
    contrary to your law.
86 All your commands are trustworthy;(K)
    help me,(L) for I am being persecuted(M) without cause.(N)
87 They almost wiped me from the earth,
    but I have not forsaken(O) your precepts.
88 In your unfailing love(P) preserve my life,(Q)
    that I may obey the statutes(R) of your mouth.

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