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If they fall, they will not stay down, because the Lord will help them up.

He helps them and rescues them; he saves them from the wicked, because they go to him for protection.

Because of your anger, I am in great pain; my whole body is diseased because of my sins.

Because I have been foolish, my sores stink and rot.

My friends and neighbors will not come near me, because of my sores; even my family keeps away from me.

I am like those who do not answer, because they cannot hear.

Those who pay back evil for good are against me because I try to do right.

May those who try to kill me be completely defeated and confused. May those who are happy because of my troubles be turned back and disgraced.

You will help me, because I do what is right; you will keep me in your presence forever.

you would surely have discovered it, because you know our secret thoughts.

Come to our aid! Because of your constant love save us!

because the payment for a human life is too great. What we could pay would never be enough

Even if someone is satisfied with this life and is praised because he is successful,

I do not reprimand you because of your sacrifices and the burnt offerings you always bring me.

Be merciful to me, O God, because of your constant love. Because of your great mercy wipe away my sins!

May God use their own evil to punish my enemies. He will destroy them because he is faithful.

I will gladly offer you a sacrifice, O Lord ; I will give you thanks because you are good.

Be merciful to me, O God, because I am under attack; my enemies persecute me all the time.

because you have rescued me from death and kept me from defeat. And so I walk in the presence of God, in the light that shines on the living.

Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful, because I come to you for safety. In the shadow of your wings I find protection until the raging storms are over.