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- 1 A Psalm by David. Hear my prayer, LORD. Listen to my petitions. In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me.
- 2 Don’t enter into judgment with your servant, for in your sight no man living is righteous.
- 3 For the enemy pursues my soul. He has struck my life down to the ground. He has made me live in dark places, as those who have been long dead.
- 4 Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me. My heart within me is desolate.
- 5 I remember the days of old. I meditate on all your doings. I contemplate the work of your hands.
- 6 I spread out my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah.
- 7 Hurry to answer me, LORD. My spirit fails. Don’t hide your face from me, so that I don’t become like those who go down into the pit.
- 8 Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.
- 9 Deliver me, LORD, from my enemies. I flee to you to hide me.
- 10 Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.
- 11 Revive me, LORD, for your name’s sake. In your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.
- 12 In your loving kindness, cut off my enemies, and destroy all those who afflict my soul, for I am your servant.