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1 O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger, or discipline me in your wrath.
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Please, LORD, don't punish me when you are mad; don't discipline me when you are furious.
2 For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down on me.
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Your arrows have pierced me; your fist has come down hard 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's nothing in my body that isn't broken because of your rage; there's no health 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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My wrongdoings are stacked higher than my head; they are a weight that's way too heavy for me.
5 My wounds grow foul and fester because of my foolishness;
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My wounds reek; they are all infected because of my stupidity.
6 I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all day long I go around mourning.
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I am hunched over, completely down; I wander around all day long, sad.
7 For my loins are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.
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My insides are burning up; there's nothing in my body that isn't broken.
8 I am utterly spent and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart.
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I'm worn out, completely crushed; I groan because of my miserable heart.
9 O Lord, all my longing is known to you; my sighing is not hidden from you.
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Everything I long for is laid out before you, my Lord; my sighs aren't hidden 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 pounds; my strength abandons me. Even the light of my eyes is gone.
11 My friends and companions stand aloof from my affliction, and my neighbors stand far off.
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My loved ones and friends keep their distance from me in my sickness; those who were near me now stay 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 want me dead lay traps; those who want me harmed utter threats, muttering lies all day long.
13 But I am like the deaf, I do not hear; like the mute, who cannot speak.
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But I'm like someone who is deaf, who can't hear; like someone who can't speak, whose mouth won't open.
14 Truly, I am like one who does not hear, and in whose mouth is no retort.
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I've become like a person who doesn't hear what is being said, whose mouth has no good comeback.
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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But I wait for you, LORD! You will answer, my 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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Because I prayed: "Don't let them celebrate over me or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips,"
17 For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
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because I'm very close to falling, and my pain is always with me.
18 I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin.
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Yes, I confess my wrongdoing; I'm worried about 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 my mortal enemies are so strong; those who hate me for no reason seem countless.
20 Those who render me evil for good are my adversaries because I follow after good.
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Those who give, repay good with evil; they oppose me for pursuing good.
21 Do not forsake me, O Lord; O my God, do not be far from me;
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Don't leave me all alone, LORD! Please, my God, don't be far from me!
22 make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation.
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Come quickly and help me, my Lord, my salvation!
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