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Be gracious to me, O Jehovah, for I am in trouble; my eye has wasted away with grief, my soul and my belly.

For my life is ending with grief, and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones have wasted away.

For I have heard the slander of many; fear is all around; because they are fixing plots together against me, they planned to take away my life.

Let me not be ashamed, O Jehovah; for I have called upon You; let the wicked be ashamed; let them be silent in Sheol.

How great is Your goodness which You have laid up for those who fear You; You have worked for those who trust in You before the sons of mankind.

Blessed be Jehovah, for He has worked His mercy wondrously to me in a besieged city.

For I said in my haste, I am cut off from Your eyes; surely You heard the voice of my prayers when I cried to You.

For by day and by night Your hand was heavy on me; my sap was turned into the droughts of summer. Selah.

Be glad in Jehovah and rejoice, you righteous ones ; and all the upright in heart, shout for joy.

For the Word of Jehovah is right, and all His works are in truth.

For He spoke, and it came into being; He commanded, and it stood fast.

Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah, the people He has elected for His inheritance.

A horse is a vain thing for safety; nor does he save by his great strength.

Our soul waits for Jehovah; He is our help and shield.

For our heart rejoices in Him because we trust in His holy name.

Fear Jehovah, His saints, for they who fear Him lack nothing.

For they have hidden their pit-net for me without cause; without cause they have dug for my soul.

they rewarded me evil for good, bereaving my soul.

with the ungodly they were mockers for a cake, gnashing their teeth on me.

For they do not speak peace; but they devise deceitful things against the quiet ones of the earth.