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And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily. {hear...: Heb. make haste to hear me}

I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness {is} good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.

Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.

Let their habitation be desolate; {and} let none dwell in their tents. {their habitation: Heb. their palace} {let none...: Heb. let there not be a dweller}

O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee. {sins: Heb. guiltiness}

They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

When I wept, {and chastened} my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

For they persecute {him} whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded. {those...: Heb. thy wounded}

For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

Let their table become a snare before them: and {that which should have been} for {their} welfare, {let it become} a trap.

Draw nigh unto my soul, {and} redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.

They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I {was} the song of the drunkards. {drunkards: Heb. drinkers of strong drink}

But I {am} poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

The humble shall see {this, and} be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God. {humble: or, meek}

{This} also shall please the LORD better than an ox {or} bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.

I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.

For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein. {moveth: Heb. creepeth}