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My soul languishes
for your salvation; I hope in your word.
My eyes fail with
watching for your promise; I ask, “When will you comfort me?”
For I have become
like a wineskin in the smoke, yet I have not forgotten your statutes.
How long must your
servant endure? When will you judge those who persecute me?
The arrogant have
dug pitfalls for me; they flout your law.
All your
commandments are enduring; I am persecuted without cause; help me!
They have almost
made an end of me on earth; but I have not forsaken your precepts.
In your steadfast
love spare my life, so that I may keep the decrees of your mouth.