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¹⁸And hide not Thy face from Thy servant;

For I am in distress; answer me speedily.

¹⁹Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it;

Ransom me because of mine enemies.

 

²⁰Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my confusion;

Mine adversaries are all before Thee.

²¹Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am sore sick;

And I looked for some to show compassion, but there was none;

And for comforters, but I found none.

²²Yea, they put poison into my food;

And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

 

²³Let their table before them become a snare;

And when they are in peace, let it become a trap.

²⁴Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not;

And make their loins continually to totter.

²⁵Pour out Thine indignation upon them,

And let the fierceness of Thine anger overtake them.

²⁶Let their encampment be desolate;

Let none dwell in their tents.

²⁷For they persecute him whom Thou hast smitten;

And they tell of the pain of those whom Thou hast wounded.

²⁸Add iniquity unto their iniquity;

And let them not come into Thy righteousness.

²⁹Let them be blotted out of the book of the living,

And not be written with the righteous.

³⁰But I am afflicted and in pain;

Let Thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

³¹I will praise the name of God with a song,

And will magnify Him with thanksgiving.

³²And it shall please the Lord better than a bullock

That hath horns and hoofs.

³³The humble shall see it, and be glad;

Ye that seek after God, let your heart revive.

³⁴For the Lord hearkeneth unto the needy,

And despiseth not His prisoners.

³⁵Let heaven and earth praise Him,

The seas, and every thing that moveth therein.

³⁶For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah;

And they shall abide there, and have it in possession.

³⁷The seed also of His servants shall inherit it;

And they that love His name shall dwell therein.

70 For the Leader. [A Psalm] of David; to make memorial.

²O God, to deliver me,

O Lord, to help me, make haste.

³Let them be ashamed and abashed

That seek after my soul;

Let them be turned backward and brought to confusion

That delight in my hurt.

⁴Let them be turned back by reason of their shame

That say: 'Aha, aha.'

⁵Let all those that seek Thee rejoice and be glad in Thee;

And let such as love Thy salvation say continually:

'Let God be magnified.'

⁶But I am poor and needy,

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