Common English Bible CEB
The Message Bible MSG
9 Have mercy on me, LORD, because I'm depressed. My vision fails because of my grief, as do my spirit and my body.
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Be kind to me, God - I'm in deep, deep trouble again. I've cried my eyes out; I feel hollow inside.
10 My life is consumed with sadness; my years are consumed with groaning. Strength fails me because of my suffering; my bones dry up.
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My life leaks away, groan by groan; my years fade out in sighs. My troubles have worn me out, turned my bones to powder.
11 I'm a joke to all my enemies, still worse to my neighbors. I scare my friends, and whoever sees me in the street runs away!
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To my enemies I'm a monster; I'm ridiculed by the neighbors. My friends are horrified; they cross the street to avoid me.
12 I am forgotten, like I'm dead, completely out of mind; I am like a piece of pottery, destroyed.
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They want to blot me from memory, forget me like a corpse in a grave, discard me like a broken dish in the trash.
13 Yes, I've heard all the gossiping, terror all around; so many gang up together against me, they plan to take my life!
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The street-talk gossip has me "criminally insane"! Behind locked doors they plot how to ruin me for good.
14 But me? I trust you, LORD! I affirm, "You are my God."
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Desperate, I throw myself on you: you are my God!
15 My future is in your hands. Don't hand me over to my enemies, to all who are out to get me!
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Hour by hour I place my days in your hand, safe from the hands out to get me.
16 Shine your face on your servant; save me by your faithful love!
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Warm me, your servant, with a smile; save me because you love me.
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