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1 O LORD , rebuke me not in Your wrath, And chasten me not in Your burning anger.
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O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath!
2 For Your arrows have sunk deep into me, And Your hand has pressed down on me.
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For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down on me.
3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation; There is 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 For my iniquities are gone over my head; As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.
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For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
5 My wounds grow foul and fester Because of my folly.
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My wounds stink and fester because of my foolishness,
6 I am bent over and greatly bowed down; I go mourning all 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 burning, And there is no soundness in my flesh.
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For my sides are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.
8 I am benumbed and badly crushed; I groan because of the agitation of my heart.
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I am feeble and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart.
9 Lord , all my desire is before You; And my sighing is not hidden from You.
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O Lord, all my longing is before you; my sighing is not hidden from you.
10 My heart throbs, my strength fails me; And the light of my eyes, even that has 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 loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off.
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My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my nearest kin stand far off.
12 Those who seek my life lay snares for me; And those who seek to injure me have threatened destruction, And they devise treachery all 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 day long.
13 But I, like a deaf man, do not hear; And I am like a mute man who does not open his mouth.
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But I am like a deaf man; I do not hear, like a mute man who does not open his mouth.
14 Yes, I am like a man who does not hear, And in whose mouth are no arguments.
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I have become like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no rebukes.
15 For I hope in You, O LORD ; You will answer, O Lord my God.
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But for you, O Lord, do I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.
16 For I said, "May they not rejoice over me, Who, when my foot slips, would magnify themselves against me."
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For I said, “Only let them not rejoice over me, who boast against me when my foot slips! ”
17 For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me.
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For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever before me.
18 For I confess my iniquity; I am full of anxiety because of my sin.
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I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin.
19 But my enemies are vigorous and strong, And many are those who hate me wrongfully.
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But my foes are vigorous, they are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully.
20 And those who repay evil for good, They oppose me, because I follow what is good.
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Those who render me evil for good accuse me because I follow after good.
21 Do not forsake me, O LORD ; O my God, do not be 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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