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For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.

Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.

Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.

Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a sojourner like all my fathers.

Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more."

Then I said, "Here I am, I have come-it is written about me in the scroll:

But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.

"Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth."

"Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.

But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.

Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught

When I am afraid, I will trust in You.

I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.

Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly!

Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.

But I am in pain and distress; let Your salvation protect me, O God.

I am poor and needy; hurry to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay.

Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.

For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.