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1 O Lord, do not be bitter with me in your wrath; do not send punishment on me in the heat of your passion.
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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 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am wasted away: make me well, for even my bones are troubled.
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2 Be merciful to me, LORD, for I am faint; O LORD, heal me, for my bones are in agony.
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3 My soul is in bitter trouble; and you, O Lord, how long?
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3 My soul is in anguish. How long, O LORD, how long?
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4 Come back, O Lord, make my soul free; O give me salvation because of your mercy.
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4 Turn, O LORD, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love.
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5 For in death there is no memory of you; in the underworld who will give you praise?
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5 No one remembers you when he is dead. Who praises you from the grave ?
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6 The voice of my sorrow is a weariness to me; all the night I make my bed wet with weeping; it is watered by the drops flowing from my eyes.
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6 I am worn out from groaning; all night long I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
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7 My eyes are wasting away with trouble; they are becoming old because of all those who are against me.
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7 My eyes grow weak with sorrow; they fail because of all my foes.
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8 Go from me, all you workers of evil; for the Lord has given ear to the voice of my weeping.
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8 Away from me, all you who do evil, for the LORD has heard my weeping.
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9 The Lord has given ear to my request; the Lord has let my prayer come before him.
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9 The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.
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10 Let all those who are against me be shamed and deeply troubled; let them be turned back and suddenly put to shame.
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10 All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed; they will turn back in sudden disgrace.
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