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For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping.

My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.

I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.

I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.

Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:

That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.

That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.

That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.

O god, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.

Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.

I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.

I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.

God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.

Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.

For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.

For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.

I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.

I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.

The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.

I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.

Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.

Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.

I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.

I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:

I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:

I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:

I said in my haste, All men are liars.

What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?

I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.

I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.

O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.

O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.

I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.

I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.

I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.

The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?

The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.

All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.

They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

They compassed me about like bees: they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.

I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.

Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD:

Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD:

I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.

Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity.

Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity.

Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee.

Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee.

Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.

Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.

I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.

I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.

I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.

With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.

Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.

I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.

I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.

I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.

Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.

Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.

I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.

Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.

I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.

I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.

I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.

I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.

Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.

Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.

Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.

Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.

So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.

So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.

And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.

So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.

And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.

And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.

I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.

And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.