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1 Lord, don't correct me when you are angry. Don't punish me when you are furious.
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1 O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.
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2 Your arrows have wounded me, and your hand has come down on me.
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2 For your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down upon me.
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3 My body is sick from your punishment. Even my bones are not healthy because of my sin.
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3 Because of your wrath there is no health in my body; my bones have no soundness because of my sin.
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4 My guilt has overwhelmed me; like a load it weighs me down.
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4 My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear.
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5 My sores stink and become infected because I was foolish.
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5 My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly.
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6 I am bent over and bowed down; I am sad all day long.
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6 I am bowed down and brought very low; all day long I go about mourning.
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7 I am burning with fever, and my whole body is sore.
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7 My back is filled with searing pain; there is no health in my body.
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8 I am weak and faint. I moan from the pain I feel.
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8 I am feeble and utterly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
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9 Lord, you know everything I want; my cries are not hidden from you.
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9 All my longings lie open before you, O Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you.
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10 My heart pounds, and my strength is gone. I am losing my sight.
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10 My heart pounds, my strength fails me; even the light has gone from my eyes.
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11 Because of my wounds, my friends and neighbors avoid me, and my relatives stay far away.
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11 My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbors stay far away.
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12 Some people set traps to kill me. Those who want to hurt me plan trouble; all day long they think up lies.
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12 Those who seek my life set their traps, those who would harm me talk of my ruin; all day long they plot deception.
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13 I am like a deaf man; I cannot hear. Like a mute, I cannot speak.
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13 I am like a deaf man, who cannot hear, like a mute, who cannot open his mouth;
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14 I am like a person who does not hear, who has no answer to give.
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14 I have become like a man who does not hear, whose mouth can offer no reply.
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15 I trust you, Lord. You will answer, my Lord and God.
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15 I wait for you, O LORD; you will answer, O Lord my God.
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16 I said, "Don't let them laugh at me or brag when I am defeated."
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16 For I said, "Do not let them gloat or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips."
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17 I am about to die, and I cannot forget my pain.
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17 For I am about to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
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18 I confess my guilt; I am troubled by my sin.
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18 I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
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19 My enemies are strong and healthy, and many hate me for no reason.
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19 Many are those who are my vigorous enemies; those who hate me without reason are numerous.
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20 They repay me with evil for the good I did. They lie about me because I try to do good.
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20 Those who repay my good with evil slander me when I pursue what is good.
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21 Lord, don't leave me; my God, don't go away.
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21 O LORD, do not forsake me; be not far from me, O my God.
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22 Quickly come and help me, my Lord and Savior. For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.
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22 Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.
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| Scripture taken from the New Century Version. Copyright © 1987, 1988, 1991 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (New Century Version Online Bible) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
