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## 4:1
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%% 4
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> Answer me when I call
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>> Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from my distress. Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.
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Occasion: Stress over unfair treatment
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Lord, I keep replaying what was said.
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The cut in the voice.
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The blame laid in my lap.
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The look that said the matter was settled
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before I opened my mouth.
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I keep thinking of what I should have said,
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how I might have made them understand.
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Part of me wants to defend myself again,
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even though the moment has passed.
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It is hard to rest when something remains unfair.
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Settle me before this settles in me.
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Help me answer what is mine to answer
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and release what I cannot fix.
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Keep me from carrying their judgment
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as though it were the whole truth about me.
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If I carry this all day,
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my body will stay tight,
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my jaw hard,
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my sleep thin.
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Hurt becomes anger so quickly,
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and anger becomes a conversation
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I can't stop having in my head.
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Give me one safe place tonight.
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A chair.
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A meal.
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A person who does not require me to defend myself.
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Give me enough quiet to remember
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that I do not have to resolve everything before I rest.
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Settle me, Lord.
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Let this not live in my bones all night.
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Amen.
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