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Wait for Jehovah, and keep his way, And he will exalt thee to inherit the land: When the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright; For there is a happy end to the man of peace.

As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together: The end of the wicked shall be cut off.

For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore.

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

For my loins are filled with burning; And there is no soundness in my flesh.

My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me: As for the light of mine eyes, it 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 meditate deceits all the day long.

For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope: Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.

For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me.

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

They also that render evil for good Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.

For the Chief Musician, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, That I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, While the wicked is before me.

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 Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; Hold not thy peace at my tears: For I am a stranger with thee, A sojourner, as all my fathers were.

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for Jehovah; And he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

For innumerable evils have compassed me about; Mine iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up; They are more than the hairs of my head; And my heart hath failed me.

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.