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My soul still remembers And sinks within me.
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“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I hope in Him!”
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The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, To the soul who seeks Him.
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It is good that one should hope and wait quietly For the salvation of the Lord.
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Let him sit alone and keep silent, Because God has laid it on him;
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Let him give his cheek to the one who strikes him, And be full of reproach.
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Though He causes grief, Yet He will show compassion According to the multitude of His mercies.
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Or subvert a man in his cause— The Lord does not approve.
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Who is he who speaks and it comes to pass, When the Lord has not commanded it?
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Why should a living man complain, A man for the punishment of his sins?
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Let us search out and examine our ways, And turn back to the Lord;
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You have covered Yourself with anger And pursued us; You have slain and not pitied.
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You have covered Yourself with a cloud, That prayer should not pass through.
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Fear and a snare have come upon us, Desolation and destruction.
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Till the Lord from heaven Looks down and sees.
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My eyes bring suffering to my soul Because of all the daughters of my city.
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They silenced my life in the pit And threw stones at me.
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The waters flowed over my head; I said, “I am cut off!”
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You have heard my voice: “Do not hide Your ear From my sighing, from my cry for help.”
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You drew near on the day I called on You, And said, “Do not fear!”
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O Lord, You have pleaded the case for my soul; You have redeemed my life.
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O Lord, You have seen how I am wronged; Judge my case.
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You have seen all their vengeance, All their schemes against me.
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You have heard their reproach, O Lord, All their schemes against me,
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Look at their sitting down and their rising up; I am their taunting song.
