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The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

Mark the perfect [man], and behold the upright: for the end of [that] man [is] peace.

For thy arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand falleth heavy upon me.

For my iniquities have gone over my head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

For my loins are filled with a lothsome [disease]: and [there is] no soundness in my flesh.

My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of my eyes, that also is gone from me.

They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me]: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

For I said, [Hear me], lest [otherwise] they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify [themselves] against me.

For I [am] ready to halt, and my sorrow [is] continually before me.

For I will declare my iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

They also that render evil for good are my adversaries; because I follow [the thing that is] good.

And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope [is] in thee.

When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man [is] vanity. Selah.

Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I [am] a stranger with thee, [and] a sojourner, as all my fathers [were].

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined to me, and heard my cry.

For innumerable evils have encompassed me: my iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of my head: therefore my heart faileth me.

Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say to me, Aha, aha.

I said, LORD, be merciful to me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

And as for me, thou upholdest me in my integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.