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In the day that I am afraid, I will confide in thee.

I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I am come into the depths of waters, and the flood overfloweth me.

I am weary with my crying, my throat is parched; mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's sons;

They that sit in the gate talk of me, and [I am] the song of the drunkards.

And hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in trouble: answer me speedily.

Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am overwhelmed: and I looked for sympathy, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

But I am afflicted and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me secure on high.

But I am afflicted and needy: make haste unto me, O God. Thou art my help and my deliverer: O Jehovah, make no delay.

Now also, when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not, until I have proclaimed thine arm unto [this] generation, thy might to every one that is to come.

Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden my right hand;

Thou holdest open mine eyelids; I am full of disquiet and cannot speak.

I am Jehovah thy God, that brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

A Prayer of David. Incline thine ear, Jehovah, answer me; for I am afflicted and needy.

Keep my soul, for I am godly; O thou my God, save thy servant who confideth in thee.

I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no strength:

Thou hast put my familiar friends far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

I am afflicted and expiring from my youth up; I suffer thy terrors, [and] I am distracted.

I am become like the pelican of the wilderness, I am as an owl in desolate places;

I watch, and am like a sparrow alone upon the housetop.