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have pity on me!</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_6_2">Give me strength; I am completely exhausted</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_6_3"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.6.3" class="v19_6_3">3</span>and my whole being is deeply troubled.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_6_3">How long, O <span class="nd">Lord</span>, will you wait to help me?</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_6_4"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.6.4" class="v19_6_4">4</span>Come and save me, <span class="nd">Lord</span>;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_6_4">in your mercy rescue me from death.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_6_5"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.6.5" class="v19_6_5">5</span>In the world of the dead you are not remembered;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_6_5">no one can praise you there.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_6_6"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.6.6" class="v19_6_6">6</span>I am worn out with grief;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_6_6">every night my bed is damp from my weeping;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_6_6">my pillow is soaked with tears.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_6_7"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.6.7" class="v19_6_7">7</span>I can hardly see;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_6_7">my eyes are so swollen</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_6_7">from the weeping caused by my enemies.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_6_8"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.6.8" class="v19_6_8">8</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.6.8!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Keep away from me, you evil people!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_6_8">The <span class="nd">Lord</span> hears my weeping;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_6_9"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.6.9" class="v19_6_9">9</span>he listens to my cry for help</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_6_9">and will answer my prayer.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_6_10"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.6.10" class="v19_6_10">10</span>My enemies will know the bitter shame of defeat;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_6_10">in sudden confusion they will be driven away.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">HEBREW TITLE: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">A psalm by David.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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