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1 O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
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LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.
2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore.
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Your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down on me.
3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; Neither is there any health 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 are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
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My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear.
5 My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness.
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My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly.
6 I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
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I am bowed down and brought very low; all day long I go about mourning.
7 For my loins are filled with burning; And there is no soundness in my flesh.
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My back is filled with searing pain; there is no health in my body.
8 I am faint and sore bruised: I have groaned by reason of the disquietness of 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 thee; And my groaning is not hid from thee.
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All my longings lie open before you, Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you.
10 My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me: As for the light of mine eyes, it also 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 stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off.
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My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbors stay far away.
12 They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me]; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.
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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, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that 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 that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs.
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I have become like one who does not hear, whose mouth can offer no reply.
15 For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope: Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.
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LORD, I wait for you; you will answer, Lord my God.
16 For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
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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 fall, And my sorrow is continually before me.
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For I am about to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
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I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
19 But mine enemies are lively, [and] are strong; And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
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Many have become my enemies without cause ; those who hate me without reason are numerous.
20 They also that render evil for good Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is 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 Forsake me not, O Jehovah: O 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 Make 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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