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Prayer of a suffering penitent.
A Psalm of David, Or, to make memorial to bring to remembrance.
21Those who render me evil for good are my adversaries because I follow after good.
22Do not forsake me, O LORD! O my God, be not far from me! [ (Psalms 38:23) Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation! ]
Psalms 38:21-22 (RSV)