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III

16 Look upon me, have pity on me,
    for I am alone and afflicted.(A)
17 Relieve the troubles of my heart;
    bring me out of my distress.
18 Look upon my affliction and suffering;
    take away all my sins.
19 See how many are my enemies,
    see how fiercely they hate me.
20 Preserve my soul and rescue me;
    do not let me be disgraced, for in you I seek refuge.
21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me;
    I wait for you, O Lord.
22 [a]Redeem Israel, O God,
    from all its distress!

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  1. 25:22 A final verse beginning with the Hebrew letter pe is added to the normal twenty-two-letter alphabet. Thus the letters aleph, lamed, and pe open the first, middle (Ps 25:11), and last lines of the Psalm. Together, they spell aleph, the first letter of the alphabet, from a Hebrew root that means “to learn.”

16 Turn to me(A) and be gracious to me,(B)
    for I am lonely(C) and afflicted.
17 Relieve the troubles(D) of my heart
    and free me from my anguish.(E)
18 Look on my affliction(F) and my distress(G)
    and take away all my sins.(H)
19 See how numerous are my enemies(I)
    and how fiercely they hate me!(J)

20 Guard my life(K) and rescue me;(L)
    do not let me be put to shame,(M)
    for I take refuge(N) in you.
21 May integrity(O) and uprightness(P) protect me,
    because my hope, Lord,[a] is in you.(Q)

22 Deliver Israel,(R) O God,
    from all their troubles!

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 25:21 Septuagint; Hebrew does not have Lord.