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But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Yahweh, at an acceptable time;O God, in the abundance of Your lovingkindness,Answer me with the truth of Your salvation.

Answer me, O Yahweh, for Your lovingkindness is good;According to the abundance of Your compassion, turn to me,

And do not hide Your face from Your slave,For I am in distress; answer me quickly.

Reproach has broken my heart and I am so sick.And I hoped for sympathy, but there was none,And for comforters, but I found none.

They also gave me gall for my foodAnd for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

For they have persecuted him whom You Yourself have struck down,And they recount the pain of those whom You have wounded.

For Yahweh hears the needyAnd does not despise His who are prisoners.

For God will save Zion and build the cities of Judah,That they may dwell there and possess it.

Be to me a rock of habitation to which I may continually come;You have given the command to save me,For You are my rock and my fortress.

For You are my hope;O Lord Yahweh, You are my trust from my youth.

I have become a marvel to many,For You are my strong refuge.

For my enemies have spoken against me;And those who watch my life have counseled together,

Saying, "God has forsaken him;Pursue and seize him, for there is no one to deliver."

But as for me, I will wait continually,And will praise You yet more and more.

My mouth shall recount Your righteousnessAnd Your salvation all day long;For I do not know the sum of them.

For Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the heavens,You who have done great things;O God, who is like You?

My lips will sing for joy when I sing praises to You;And my soul, which You have redeemed.

My tongue also will utter Your righteousness all day long;For they are ashamed, for they are humiliated who seek to do me evil.

For he will deliver the needy when he cries for help,The afflicted also, and him who has no helper.

So may he live! And may they give to him the gold of Sheba;And let each pray for him continually;Let each bless him all day long.