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For I hope in You, O Lord ; You will answer, O Lord my God.

For I said, "May they not rejoice over me, Who, when my foot slips, would magnify themselves against me."

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

For I confess my iniquity; I am full of anxiety because of my sin.

And those who repay evil for good, They oppose me, because I follow what is good.

For the choir director, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, "I will guard my ways That I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth as with a muzzle While the wicked are in my presence."

"Surely every man walks about as a phantom; Surely they make an uproar for nothing; He amasses riches and does not know who will gather them.

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

"With reproofs You chasten a man for iniquity; You consume as a moth what is precious to him; Surely every man is a mere breath. Selah.

"Hear my prayer, O Lord , and give ear to my cry; Do not be silent at my tears; For I am a stranger with You, A sojourner like all my fathers.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the Lord ; And He inclined to me and heard my cry.

For evils beyond number have surrounded me; My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see; They are more numerous than the hairs of my head, And my heart has failed me.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David. How blessed is he who considers the helpless; The Lord will deliver him in a day of trouble.

As for me, I said, "O Lord , be gracious to me; Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You."

As for me, You uphold me in my integrity, And You set me in Your presence forever.

For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for the water brooks, So my soul pants for You, O God.

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

These things I remember and I pour out my soul within me. For I used to go along with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God, With the voice of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival.

Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why have you become disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him For the help of His presence.

Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why have you become disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God.