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How long must I experience worries in my soul,
sorrow in my heart every day?
How long will my enemy tower over me?

An Urgent Prayer

Look at me. Answer me, O Lord my God.
Give light to my eyes
    so I do not sleep in death,
    so my enemy does not say, “I have overcome him,”
    so my foes do not rejoice when I fall.

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How long must I wrestle with my thoughts(A)
    and day after day have sorrow in my heart?
    How long will my enemy triumph over me?(B)

Look on me(C) and answer,(D) Lord my God.
    Give light to my eyes,(E) or I will sleep in death,(F)
and my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,(G)
    and my foes will rejoice when I fall.(H)

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