15 (A)O Lord, you know;
    (B)remember me and visit me,
    (C)(D)and take vengeance for me on my persecutors.
In your forbearance take me not away;
    (E)know that (F)for your sake I bear reproach.
16 Your words were found, (G)and I ate them,
    and (H)your words became to me a joy
    and the delight of my heart,
(I)for I am called by your name,
    O Lord, God of hosts.
17 (J)I did not sit in the company of revelers,
    nor did I rejoice;
(K)I sat alone, because your hand was upon me,
    for you had filled me with indignation.
18 Why is my pain unceasing,
    (L)my wound incurable,
    refusing to be healed?
Will you be to me (M)like a deceitful brook,
    like waters that fail?

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15 Lord, you understand;
    remember me and care for me.
    Avenge me on my persecutors.(A)
You are long-suffering(B)—do not take me away;
    think of how I suffer reproach for your sake.(C)
16 When your words came, I ate(D) them;
    they were my joy and my heart’s delight,(E)
for I bear your name,(F)
    Lord God Almighty.
17 I never sat(G) in the company of revelers,
    never made merry with them;
I sat alone because your hand(H) was on me
    and you had filled me with indignation.
18 Why is my pain unending
    and my wound grievous and incurable?(I)
You are to me like a deceptive brook,
    like a spring that fails.(J)

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