Young's Literal Translation YLT
New International Version NIV
1 A Psalm of David, `To cause to remember.' Jehovah, in Thy wrath reprove me not, Nor in Thy fury chastise me.
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LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.
2 For Thine arrows have come down on me, And Thou lettest down upon me Thy hand.
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Your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down on me.
3 Soundness is not in my flesh, Because of Thine indignation, Peace is not in my bones because of my sin.
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Because of your wrath there is no health in my body; there is no soundness in my bones because of my sin.
4 For mine iniquities have passed over my head, As a heavy burden -- too heavy for me.
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My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear.
5 Stunk -- become corrupt have my wounds, Because of my folly.
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My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly.
6 I have been bent down, I have been bowed down -- unto excess, All the day I have gone mourning.
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I am bowed down and brought very low; all day long I go about mourning.
7 For my flanks have been full of drought, And soundness is not in my flesh.
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My back is filled with searing pain; there is no health in my body.
8 I have been feeble and smitten -- unto excess, I have roared from disquietude of heart.
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I am feeble and utterly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
9 Lord, before Thee [is] all my desire, And my sighing from Thee hath not been hid.
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All my longings lie open before you, Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you.
10 My heart [is] panting, my power hath forsaken me, And the light of mine eyes, Even they are not with me.
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My heart pounds, my strength fails me; even the light has gone from my eyes.
11 My lovers and my friends over-against my plague stand. And my neighbours afar off have stood.
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My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbors stay far away.
12 And those seeking my soul lay a snare, And those seeking my evil Have spoken mischievous things, And they do deceits meditate all the day.
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Those who want to kill me set their traps, those who would harm me talk of my ruin; all day long they scheme and lie.
13 And I, as deaf, hear not. And as a dumb one who openeth not his mouth.
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I am like the deaf, who cannot hear, like the mute, who cannot speak;
14 Yea, I am as a man who heareth not, And in his mouth are no reproofs.
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I have become like one who does not hear, whose mouth can offer no reply.
15 Because for Thee, O Jehovah, I have waited, Thou dost answer, O Lord my God.
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LORD, I wait for you; you will answer, Lord my God.
16 When I said, `Lest they rejoice over me, In the slipping of my foot against me they magnified themselves.
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For I said, “Do not let them gloat or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip.”
17 For I am ready to halt, And my pain [is] before me continually.
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For I am about to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
18 For mine iniquity I declare, I am sorry for my sin.
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I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
19 And mine enemies [are] lively, They have been strong, and those hating me without cause, Have been multiplied.
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Many have become my enemies without cause ; those who hate me without reason are numerous.
20 And those paying evil for good accuse me, Because of my pursuing good.
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Those who repay my good with evil lodge accusations against me, though I seek only to do what is good.
21 Do not forsake me, O Jehovah, My God, be not far from me,
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LORD, do not forsake me; do not be far from me, my God.
22 Haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!
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Come quickly to help me, my Lord and my Savior.
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