The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 A psalm of David, serving as a reminder: ADONAI, don't rebuke me when you are angry or discipline me when you are enraged,
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<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.
2 for your arrows penetrate me deeply, and your hand is pressing me down.
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For your arrows have gone into my flesh, and I am crushed under the weight of your hand.
3 Your indignation left no part of me intact; my sin made my whole body sick;
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My flesh is wasted because of your wrath; and there is no peace in my bones because of my sin.
4 for my iniquities loom high over my head as a heavy burden, too heavy for me.
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For my crimes have gone over my head; they are like a great weight which is more than my strength.
5 I have stinking, festering wounds because of my foolishness.
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My wounds are poisoned and evil-smelling, because of my foolish behaviour.
6 I am bent down, prostrate completely; I go about mourning all day long.
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I am troubled, I am made low; I go weeping all the day.
7 For my insides burn with fever, and my whole body is sick.
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For my body is full of burning; all my flesh is unhealthy.
8 I am numb, completely crushed; my anguished heart makes me groan aloud.
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I am feeble and crushed down; I gave a cry like a lion because of the grief in my heart.
9 Adonai, all my longing is known to you; my sighing is not hidden from you.
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Lord, all my desire is before you; my sorrow is not kept secret from you.
10 My heart is throbbing, my strength is gone, and the light in my eyes has left me.
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My heart goes out in pain, my strength is wasting away; as for the light of my eyes, it is gone from me.
11 My friends and companions shun my disease; even the closest keep their distance.
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My lovers and my friends keep away from my disease; my relations keep far away.
12 Those seeking my life lay snares for me, those seeking to harm me speak of disaster and think up deceptions all day long.
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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.
13 But I'm like a deaf man - I don't hear it; and, like a mute, I don't say a word.
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But I kept my ears shut like a man without hearing; like a man without a voice, never opening his mouth.
14 Yes, I've become like a man who doesn't hear and in whose mouth are no defenses.
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So I was like a man whose ears are shut, and in whose mouth there are no sharp words.
15 For it is in you, ADONAI, that I hope. You will answer, Adonai my God.
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In you, O Lord, is my hope: you will give me an answer, O Lord, my God.
16 I said, "Don't let them gloat over me or boast against me when my foot slips."
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I said, Let them not be glad over me; when my foot is moved, let them not be lifted up with pride against me.
17 For I am about to fall, and my pain is always with me.
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My feet are near to falling, and my sorrow is ever before me.
18 I acknowledge my guilt, I am anxious because of my sin.
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I will make clear my wrongdoing, with sorrow in my heart for my sin.
19 But my enemies are alive and well, those who wrongfully hate me increase their numbers;
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But they are strong who have hate for me without cause: those who are against me falsely are increased in numbers.
20 and, since they repay good with evil, they oppose me because I pursue good.
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They give me back evil for good; they are my haters because I go after the thing which is right.
21 Don't abandon me, ADONAI! My God, don't be far from me!
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Do not give me up, O Lord; O my God, be near to me.
22 Come quickly to help me, Adonai, my salvation!
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Come quickly to give me help, O Lord, my salvation.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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