2 How long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me? 3 Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death, 4 lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes rejoice when I fall.
Psalms 13:2–4
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Psalms 6:2–4
2 Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony. 3 My soul is deeply distressed. How long, O LORD, how long? 4 Turn, O LORD, and deliver my soul; save me because of Your loving devotion.
Psalms 9:12–14
12 For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted. 13 Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death, 14 that I may declare all Your praises— that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may…
Psalms 43:1–3
1 Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men. 2 For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression? 3 Send out Your light and Your tru…
Psalms 35:18–20
18 Then I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among many people. 19 Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice. 20 For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against t…
Psalms 119:83–85
83 Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes. 84 How many days must Your servant wait? When will You execute judgment on my persecutors? 85 The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.
Psalms 44:22–24
22 Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered. 23 Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever. 24 Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?
Psalms 41:10–12
10 But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up, that I may repay them. 11 By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me. 12 In my integrity You uphold me and set me in Your presence forever.
Psalms 42:8–10
8 The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life. 9 I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?” 10 Like the crushing of my bones, my en…
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