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1 O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
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O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore.
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For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
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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There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest 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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For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
5 My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness.
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My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
6 I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
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I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
7 For my loins are filled with burning; And there is no soundness in my flesh.
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For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
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 sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
9 Lord, all my desire is before thee; And my groaning is not hid from thee.
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Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
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 panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off.
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My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
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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They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
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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But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
14 Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs.
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Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15 For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope: Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.
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For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O 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, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
17 For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me.
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For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
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For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
19 But mine enemies are lively, [and] are strong; And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
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But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
20 They also that render evil for good Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.
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They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
21 Forsake me not, O Jehovah: O my God, be not far from me.
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Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
22 Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation.
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Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
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