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My eyes grow weak with sorrow; they fail because of all my foes.

I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.

From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.

"Because of the oppression of the weak and the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says the LORD . "I will protect them from those who malign them."

I have set the LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

because you will not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your Holy One see decay.

The earth trembled and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains shook; they trembled because he was angry.

He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.

May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope is in you.

Teach me your way, O LORD ; lead me in a straight path because of my oppressors.

My life is consumed by anguish and my years by groaning; my strength fails because of my affliction, and my bones grow weak.

Because of all my enemies, I am the utter contempt of my neighbors; I am a dread to my friends- those who see me on the street flee from me.

Do not fret because of evil men or be envious of those who do wrong;

The LORD helps them and delivers them; he delivers them from the wicked and saves them, because they take refuge in him.

Because of your wrath there is no health in my body; my bones have no soundness because of my sin.

My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly.

My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbors stay far away.

at the taunts of those who reproach and revile me, because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.

Rise up and help us; redeem us because of your unfailing love.

Mount Zion rejoices, the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments.