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For my iniquities have gone over my head; they weigh like a burden too heavy for me.

For my loins are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.

My heart throbs, my strength fails me; as for the light of my eyes—it also has gone from me.

But it is for you, O Lord , that I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.

For I pray, "Only do not let them rejoice over me, those who boast against me when my foot slips."

For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.

I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin.

Those who render me evil for good are my adversaries because I follow after good.

Surely everyone goes about like a shadow. Surely for nothing they are in turmoil; they heap up, and do not know who will gather.

"And now, O Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.

I am silent; I do not open my mouth, for it is you who have done it.

"You chastise mortals in punishment for sin, consuming like a moth what is dear to them; surely everyone is a mere breath. Selah

"Hear my prayer, O Lord , and give ear to my cry; do not hold your peace at my tears. For I am your passing guest, an alien, like all my forebears.

To the leader. Of David. A Psalm. I waited patiently for the Lord ; he inclined to me and heard my cry.

For evils have encompassed me without number; my iniquities have overtaken me, until I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart fails me.

As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer; do not delay, O my God.

As for me, I said, "O Lord , be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against you."

All who hate me whisper together about me; they imagine the worst for me.

To the leader. A Maskil of the Korahites. As a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God.

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and behold the face of God?