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¹ Hear my prayer, O Lord;
    ^(a)give ear to my pleas for mercy!
    In your ^(b)faithfulness answer me, in your ^(c)righteousness!
^2 (d)Enter not into judgment with your servant,
    for no one living is righteous ^(e)before you.

³ For the enemy has pursued my soul;
    ^(f)he has crushed my life to the ground;
    ^(g)he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.
⁴ Therefore my spirit ^(h)faints within me;
    my heart within me is appalled.

^5 (i)I remember the days of old;
    ^(j)I meditate on all that you have done;
    I ponder the work of your hands.
^6 (k)I stretch out my hands to you;
    ^(l)my soul thirsts for you like ^(m)a parched land. Selah

^7 (n)Answer me quickly, O Lord!
    ^(o)My spirit fails!
^(p)Hide not your face from me,
    ^(q)lest I be like those who go down to the pit.
^8 (r)Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love,
    for in you I ^(s)trust.
^(t)Make me know the way I should go,
    ^(u)for to you I lift up my soul.

^9 (v)Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord!
    I have fled to you for refuge.^[a]
10 (w)Teach me to do your will,
    for you are my God!
^(x)Let your good Spirit ^(y)lead me
    on ^(z)level ground!

^11 (aa)For your name's sake, O Lord, ^(ab)preserve my life!
    In your righteousness ^(ac)bring my soul out of trouble!
¹² And in your steadfast love you will ^(ad)cut off my enemies,
    and you will destroy all the adversaries of my soul,
    for I am your ^(ae)servant.