Common English Bible CEB
New Revised Standard NRS
1 Please, LORD, don't punish me when you are mad; don't discipline me when you are furious.
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O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger, or discipline me in your wrath.
2 Your arrows have pierced me; your fist has come down hard on me.
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For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down on me.
3 There's nothing in my body that isn't broken because of your rage; there's no health in my bones because of my sin.
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There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin.
4 My wrongdoings are stacked higher than my head; they are a weight that's way too heavy for me.
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For my iniquities have gone over my head; they weigh like a burden too heavy for me.
5 My wounds reek; they are all infected because of my stupidity.
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My wounds grow foul and fester because of my foolishness;
6 I am hunched over, completely down; I wander around all day long, sad.
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I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all day long I go around mourning.
7 My insides are burning up; there's nothing in my body that isn't broken.
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For my loins are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.
8 I'm worn out, completely crushed; I groan because of my miserable heart.
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I am utterly spent and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart.
9 Everything I long for is laid out before you, my Lord; my sighs aren't hidden from you.
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O Lord, all my longing is known to you; my sighing is not hidden from you.
10 My heart pounds; my strength abandons me. Even the light of my eyes is gone.
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My heart throbs, my strength fails me; as for the light of my eyes—it also has gone from me.
11 My loved ones and friends keep their distance from me in my sickness; those who were near me now stay far away.
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My friends and companions stand aloof from my affliction, and my neighbors stand far off.
12 Those who want me dead lay traps; those who want me harmed utter threats, muttering lies all day long.
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Those who seek my life lay their snares; those who seek to hurt me speak of ruin, and meditate treachery all day long.
13 But I'm like someone who is deaf, who can't hear; like someone who can't speak, whose mouth won't open.
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But I am like the deaf, I do not hear; like the mute, who cannot speak.
14 I've become like a person who doesn't hear what is being said, whose mouth has no good comeback.
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Truly, I am like one who does not hear, and in whose mouth is no retort.
15 But I wait for you, LORD! You will answer, my Lord, my God!
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But it is for you, O Lord, that I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.
16 Because I prayed: "Don't let them celebrate over me or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips,"
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For I pray, "Only do not let them rejoice over me, those who boast against me when my foot slips."
17 because I'm very close to falling, and my pain is always with me.
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For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
18 Yes, I confess my wrongdoing; I'm worried about my sin.
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I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin.
19 But my mortal enemies are so strong; those who hate me for no reason seem countless.
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Those who are my foes without cause are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully.
20 Those who give, repay good with evil; they oppose me for pursuing good.
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Those who render me evil for good are my adversaries because I follow after good.
21 Don't leave me all alone, LORD! Please, my God, don't be far from me!
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Do not forsake me, O Lord; O my God, do not be far from me;
22 Come quickly and help me, my Lord, my salvation!
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make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation.
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