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

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

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

For I said, "Only let them not rejoice over me, who boast against me when my foot slips!"

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

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

Those who render me evil for good accuse me because I follow after good.

Surely a man goes about as a shadow! Surely for nothing they are in turmoil; man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!

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

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

When you discipline a man with rebukes for sin, you consume like a moth what is dear to him; surely all mankind is a mere breath! Selah

"Hear my prayer, O Lord , and give ear to my cry; hold not your peace at my tears! For I am a sojourner with you, a guest, like all my fathers.

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

As for you, O Lord , you will not restrain your mercy from me; your steadfast love and your faithfulness will ever preserve me!

For evils have encompassed me beyond number; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head; 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.

Book Two To the choirmaster. A Maskil of the Sons of Korah. As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God.

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?