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Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing; heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled.
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I am weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears; I drench my couch with my weeping.
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lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed over him,” lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken.
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I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.
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But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by the people.
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I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted within my breast;
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Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.
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The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.
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Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; my eye is wasted from grief; my soul and my body also.
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I had said in my alarm, “I am cut off from your sight.” But you heard the voice of my pleas for mercy when I cried to you for help.
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Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers! Say to my soul, “I am your salvation!”
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I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all the day I go about mourning.
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I am feeble and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart.
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But I am like a deaf man; I do not hear, like a mute man who does not open his mouth.
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For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever before me.
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I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin.
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“O Lord, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am!
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I am mute; I do not open my mouth, for it is you who have done it.
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Remove your stroke from me; I am spent by the hostility of your hand.
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“Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry; hold not your peace at my tears! For I am a sojourner with you, a guest, like all my fathers.
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As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer; do not delay, O my God!
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“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”
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“Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God.
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But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever.
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Attend to me, and answer me; I am restless in my complaint and I moan,
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When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.
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I am weary with my crying out; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God.
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I am the talk of those who sit in the gate, and the drunkards make songs about me.
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Hide not your face from your servant, for I am in distress; make haste to answer me.
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Reproaches have broken my heart, so that I am in despair. I looked for pity, but there was none, and for comforters, but I found none.
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But I am afflicted and in pain; let your salvation, O God, set me on high!
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But I am poor and needy; hasten to me, O God! You are my help and my deliverer; O Lord, do not delay!
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Nevertheless, I am continually with you; you hold my right hand.
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You hold my eyelids open; I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
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I am the Lord your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
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Great Is Your Steadfast Love
A Prayer of David.
Incline your ear, O Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
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Preserve my life, for I am godly; save your servant, who trusts in you—you are my God.
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I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am a man who has no strength,
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You have caused my companions to shun me; you have made me a horror to them. I am shut in so that I cannot escape;
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Afflicted and close to death from my youth up, I suffer your terrors; I am helpless.
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I am like a desert owl of the wilderness, like an owl of the waste places;
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I lie awake; I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop.
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For I am poor and needy, and my heart is stricken within me.
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I am gone like a shadow at evening; I am shaken off like a locust.
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I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they wag their heads.
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I believed, even when I spoke: “I am greatly afflicted”;
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O Lord, I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of your maidservant. You have loosed my bonds.
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I am a sojourner on the earth; hide not your commandments from me!
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I am a companion of all who fear you, of those who keep your precepts.
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I am yours; save me, for I have sought your precepts.
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I am severely afflicted; give me life, O Lord, according to your word!
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My flesh trembles for fear of you, and I am afraid of your judgments.
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I am your servant; give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies!
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I am small and despised, yet I do not forget your precepts.
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I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war!
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I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.
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If I would count them, they are more than the sand. I awake, and I am still with you.
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Attend to my cry, for I am brought very low! Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me!
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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.
