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My heart pants, my strength fails me; As for the light of my eyes, it also has gone from me.
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My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague, And my relatives stand afar off.
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Those also who seek my life lay snares for me; Those who seek my hurt speak of destruction, And plan deception all the day long.
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But I, like a deaf man, do not hear; And I am like a mute who does not open his mouth.
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Thus I am like a man who does not hear, And in whose mouth is no response.
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For in You, O Lord, I hope; You will hear, O Lord my God.
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For I said, "Hear me, lest they rejoice over me, Lest, when my foot slips, they exalt themselves against me."
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For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me.
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For I will declare my iniquity; I will be in anguish over my sin.
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But my enemies are vigorous, and they are strong; And those who hate me wrongfully have multiplied.
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Those also who render evil for good, They are my adversaries, because I follow what is good.