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1 Lord, don't correct me when you are angry. Don't punish me when you are furious.
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O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath!
2 Your arrows have wounded me, and your hand has come down on me.
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For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down on me.
3 My body is sick from your punishment. Even my bones are not healthy 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 guilt has overwhelmed me; like a load it weighs me down.
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For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
5 My sores stink and become infected because I was foolish.
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My wounds stink and fester because of my foolishness,
6 I am bent over and bowed down; I am sad all day long.
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I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all the day I go about mourning.
7 I am burning with fever, and my whole body is sore.
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For my sides are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.
8 I am weak and faint. I moan from the pain I feel.
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I am feeble and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart.
9 Lord, you know everything I want; my cries are 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 pounds, and my strength is gone. I am losing my sight.
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My heart throbs; my strength fails me, and the light of my eyes—it also has gone from me.
11 Because of my wounds, my friends and neighbors avoid me, and my relatives stay far away.
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My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my nearest kin stand far off.
12 Some people set traps to kill me. Those who want to hurt me plan trouble; all day long they think up lies.
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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 I am like a deaf man; I cannot hear. Like a mute, I cannot speak.
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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 I am like a person who does not hear, who has no answer to give.
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I have become like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no rebukes.
15 I trust you, Lord. You will answer, my Lord and God.
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But for you, O Lord, do I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.
16 I said, "Don't let them laugh at me or brag when I am defeated."
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For I said, “Only let them not rejoice over me, who boast against me when my foot slips! ”
17 I am about to die, and I cannot forget my pain.
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For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever before me.
18 I confess my guilt; I am troubled by my sin.
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I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin.
19 My enemies are strong and healthy, and many hate me for no reason.
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But my foes are vigorous, they are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully.
20 They repay me with evil for the good I did. They lie about me because I try to do good.
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Those who render me evil for good accuse me because I follow after good.
21 Lord, don't leave me; my God, don't go away.
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Do not forsake me, O Lord! O my God, be not far from me!
22 Quickly come and help me, my Lord and Savior. For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.
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Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!