Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha GNTA
New International Version NIV
1 Lord, don't be angry and rebuke me! Don't punish me in your anger!
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LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.
2 I am worn out, O Lord; have pity on me! Give me strength; I am completely exhausted
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Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am faint; heal me, LORD, for my bones are in agony.
3 and my whole being is deeply troubled. How long, O Lord, will you wait to help me?
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My soul is in deep anguish. How long, LORD, how long?
4 Come and save me, Lord; in your mercy rescue me from death.
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Turn, LORD, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love.
5 In the world of the dead you are not remembered; no one can praise you there.
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Among the dead no one proclaims your name. Who praises you from the grave?
6 I am worn out with grief; every night my bed is damp from my weeping; my pillow is soaked with tears.
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I am worn out from my groaning. All night long I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
7 I can hardly see; my eyes are so swollen from the weeping caused by my enemies.
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My eyes grow weak with sorrow; they fail because of all my foes.
8 Keep away from me, you evil people! The Lord hears my weeping;
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Away from me, all you who do evil, for the LORD has heard my weeping.
9 he listens to my cry for help and will answer my prayer.
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The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.
10 My enemies will know the bitter shame of defeat; in sudden confusion they will be driven away.
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All my enemies will be overwhelmed with shame and anguish; they will turn back and suddenly be put to shame.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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