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1 O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
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A Psalm of David, for the memorial offering. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy anger, nor chasten me in thy wrath!
2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
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For thy arrows have sunk into me, and thy hand has come down on me.
3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
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There is no soundness in my flesh because of thy indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin.
4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are 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 stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
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My wounds grow foul and fester because of my foolishness,
6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
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I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all the day I go about mourning.
7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
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For my loins are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.
8 I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
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I am utterly spent and crushed; I groan because of the tumult 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 longing is known to thee, my sighing is not hidden from thee.
10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
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My heart throbs, my strength fails me; and the light of my eyes--it also has gone from me.
11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
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My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, 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 imagine deceits all the day long.
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Those who seek my life lay their snares, those who seek my hurt speak of ruin, and meditate treachery all the day long.
13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
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But I am like a deaf man, I do not hear, like a dumb man who does not open his mouth.
14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
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Yea, I am like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no rebukes.
15 For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
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But for thee, O LORD, do I wait; it is thou, O LORD my God, who wilt answer.
16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
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For I pray, "Only let them not rejoice over me, who boast against me when my foot slips!"
17 For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
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For I am ready 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 sorry for my sin.
19 But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
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Those who are my foes without cause are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully.
20 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
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Those who render me evil for good are my adversaries because I follow after good.
21 Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
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Do not forsake me, 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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