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1 <A Psalm. Of David. To keep in memory.> O Lord, be not bitter with me in your wrath; let not your hand be on me in the heat of your passion.
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LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.
2 For your arrows have gone into my flesh, and I am crushed under the weight of your hand.
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Your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down on me.
3 My flesh is wasted because of your wrath; and there is no peace 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 my crimes have gone over my head; they are like a great weight which is more than my strength.
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My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear.
5 My wounds are poisoned and evil-smelling, because of my foolish behaviour.
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My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly.
6 I am troubled, I am made low; I go weeping all the day.
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I am bowed down and brought very low; all day long I go about mourning.
7 For my body is full of burning; all my flesh is unhealthy.
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My back is filled with searing pain; there is no health in my body.
8 I am feeble and crushed down; I gave a cry like a lion because of the grief in my heart.
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I am feeble and utterly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
9 Lord, all my desire is before you; my sorrow is not kept secret from you.
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All my longings lie open before you, Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you.
10 My heart goes out in pain, my strength is wasting away; as for the light of my eyes, it is gone from 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 keep away from my disease; my relations keep far away.
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My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbors stay far away.
12 Those who have a desire to take my life put nets for me; those who are designing my destruction say evil things against me, all the day their minds are full of deceit.
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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 But I kept my ears shut like a man without hearing; like a man without a voice, never opening his mouth.
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I am like the deaf, who cannot hear, like the mute, who cannot speak;
14 So I was like a man whose ears are shut, and in whose mouth there are no sharp words.
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I have become like one who does not hear, whose mouth can offer no reply.
15 In you, O Lord, is my hope: you will give me an answer, O Lord, my God.
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LORD, I wait for you; you will answer, Lord my God.
16 I said, Let them not be glad over me; when my foot is moved, let them not be lifted up with pride against me.
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For I said, “Do not let them gloat or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip.”
17 My feet are near to falling, and my sorrow is ever before me.
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For I am about to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
18 I will make clear my wrongdoing, with sorrow in my heart for my sin.
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I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
19 But they are strong who have hate for me without cause: those who are against me falsely are increased in numbers.
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Many have become my enemies without cause ; those who hate me without reason are numerous.
20 They give me back evil for good; they are my haters because I go after the thing which is right.
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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 give me up, O Lord; O my God, be near to me.
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LORD, do not forsake me; do not be far from me, my God.
22 Come quickly to give me help, O Lord, my salvation.
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Come quickly to help me, my Lord and my Savior.
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