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For, mine iniquity, will I declare, I shall be anxious because of my sin;

Even they who are repaying evil for good, accuse me because I pursue the good.

Remove from off me thy stroke, Because of the hostility of thy hand, am, I, consumed.

I will say onto GOD, - my rock, Wherefore hast thou forgotten me? Wherefore in gloom should I go, because of oppression by the enemy?

For, thou, art my defending God - Wherefore hast thou rejected me? Wherefore in gloom should I wander, because of the oppression of an enemy?

For, not by their own sword, gat they possession of the land, Nor did, their own arm, win victory for them, - But thine own right hand, and thine own arm, and the light of thy face, Because thou hadst accepted them.

Arise to our help, And ransom us, because of thine own lovingkindness.

Let Mount Zion rejoice, Let the daughters of Judah exult, Because of thy judgments.

Now have the heavens declared his righteousness, Because, God, is, about to judge. Selah.

I will praise thee to times age-abiding, Because thou didst effectually work, - And I will wait on thy Name, Because it is good, In the presence of thy men of lovingkindness.

There have they been in great dread where no dread was, Because, God, hath scattered the bones of thy besieger, - Thou hast put him to shame, Because, God, had, rejected, them.

Because of the noise of the enemy, By reason of the oppression of the lawless one, For they would let trouble drop upon me, And, in anger, would they entrap me.

Because of iniquity, recompense thou them, - In anger, bring thou down, the peoples, O God.

Thou hadst given - to them that revere thee - a banner, to float aloft, Because of thy faithfulness. Selah.

Because better is thy lovingkindness than life, My lips, aloud shall praise thee!

Races of men, will be glad and shout for joy, Because thou wilt judge peoples with equity, And, races of men throughout the earth, thou wilt lead. Selah.

Because of thy temple above Jerusalem, Unto thee, shall kings bear along a gift -

Because, for thy sake, have I borne reproach, Confusion hath covered my face;

Because, zeal for thy house, hath eaten me up, And, the reproaches of them who have reproached thee, have fallen upon me.

Then do not hide thy face from thy servant, Because I am in distress, haste thou - answer me!