New Revised Standard NRS
The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger, or discipline me in your wrath.
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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 have sunk into me, and your hand has come down on me.
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For your arrows have gone into my flesh, and I am crushed under the weight of your hand.
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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My flesh is wasted because of your wrath; and there is no peace in my bones because of my sin.
4 For my iniquities have gone over my head; they weigh like a 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 My wounds grow foul and fester because of my foolishness;
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My wounds are poisoned and evil-smelling, because of my foolish behaviour.
6 I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all day long I go around mourning.
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I am troubled, I am made low; I go weeping all the day.
7 For my loins are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.
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For my body is full of burning; all my flesh is unhealthy.
8 I am utterly spent and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart.
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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 O Lord, 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 throbs, my strength fails me; as for the light of my eyes—it also has gone from 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 stand aloof from my affliction, and my neighbors stand far off.
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My lovers and my friends keep away from my disease; my relations keep far away.
12 Those who seek my life lay their snares; those who seek to hurt me speak of ruin, and meditate treachery 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 am like the deaf, I do not hear; like the mute, who cannot speak.
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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 Truly, I am like one who does not hear, and in whose mouth is no retort.
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So I was like a man whose ears are shut, and in whose mouth there are no sharp words.
15 But it is for you, O Lord, that I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.
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In you, O Lord, is my hope: you will give me an answer, O Lord, my God.
16 For I pray, "Only do not let them rejoice over me, those who 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 ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
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My feet are near to falling, and my sorrow is ever before me.
18 I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin.
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I will make clear my wrongdoing, with sorrow in my heart for my sin.
19 Those who are my foes without cause are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully.
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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 Those who render me evil for good are my adversaries because I follow after 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 Do not forsake me, O Lord; O my God, do not be far from me;
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Do not give me up, O Lord; O my God, be near to me.
22 make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation.
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Come quickly to give me help, O Lord, my salvation.
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