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I love the Lord , because He hears My voice and my supplications.

Because He has inclined His ear to me, Therefore I shall call upon Him as long as I live.

My soul weeps because of grief; Strengthen me according to Your word.

Burning indignation has seized me because of the wicked, Who forsake Your law.

At midnight I shall rise to give thanks to You Because of Your righteous ordinances.

May those who fear You see me and be glad, Because I wait for Your word.

I understand more than the aged, Because I have observed Your precepts.

My eyes shed streams of water, Because they do not keep Your law.

My zeal has consumed me, Because my adversaries have forgotten Your words.

I behold the treacherous and loathe them, Because they do not keep Your word.

Seven times a day I praise You, Because of Your righteous ordinances.

"Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention;

Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the LORD.

The violence of the wicked will drag them away, Because they refuse to act with justice.

Do not rob the poor because he is poor, Or crush the afflicted at the gate;

Do not fret because of evildoers Or be envious of the wicked;

To show partiality is not good, Because for a piece of bread a man will transgress.

Because in much wisdom there is much grief, and increasing knowledge results in increasing pain.

All that my eyes desired I did not refuse them. I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure, for my heart was pleased because of all my labor and this was my reward for all my labor.

So I hated life, for the work which had been done under the sun was grievous to me; because everything is futility and striving after wind.