[1]  I CRIED unto the Lord with my voice; with my voice unto the Lord did I make my supplication.

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[2]  I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.

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[3]  When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.

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[4]  I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.

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[5]  I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.

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[6]  Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.

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[7]  Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.

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