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so don't hide from me. I am your servant, and you have helped me. Don't turn from me in anger. You alone keep me safe. Don't reject or desert me.

"What good will it do you if I am in the grave? Once I have turned to dust, how can I praise you or tell how loyal you are?

You have turned my sorrow into joyful dancing. No longer am I sad and wearing sackcloth.

Listen to my prayer and hurry to save me. Be my mighty rock and the fortress where I am safe.

Have pity, Lord ! I am hurting and almost blind. My whole body aches.

I have known only sorrow all my life long, and I suffer year after year. I am weak from sin, and my bones are limp.

I am completely forgotten like someone dead. I am merely a broken dish.

and prove that I am right by your standards. Don't let them laugh at me

are so heavy that I am crushed.

Because of my foolishness, I am covered with sores that stink and spread.

I am worn out and weak, moaning and in distress.

I am not able to hear or speak a word;

I am completely deaf and can't make a sound.

I am about to collapse from constant pain.

I told you my sins, and I am sorry for them.

"What am I waiting for? I depend on you, Lord!

"Listen, Lord , to my prayer! My eyes are flooded with tears, as I pray to you. I am merely a stranger visiting in your home as my ancestors did.

Stop being angry with me and let me smile again before I am dead and gone."

And so, I said, "I am here to do what is written about me in the book, where it says,

I am poor and needy, but, Lord God, you care about me, and you come to my rescue. Please hurry and help.