Revised Standard Version RSV
Good News Translation GNT
1 A Psalm of David, for the memorial offering. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy anger, nor chasten me in thy wrath!
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O Lord, don't punish me in your anger!
2 For thy arrows have sunk into me, and thy hand has come down on me.
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You have wounded me with your arrows; you have struck me down.
3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thy indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin.
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Because of your anger, I am in great pain; my whole body is diseased because of my sins.
4 For my iniquities have gone over my head; they weigh like a burden too heavy for me.
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I am drowning in the flood of my sins; they are a burden too heavy to bear.
5 My wounds grow foul and fester because of my foolishness,
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Because I have been foolish, my sores stink and rot.
6 I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all the day I go about mourning.
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I am bent over, I am crushed; I mourn all day long.
7 For my loins are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.
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I am burning with fever and I am near death.
8 I am utterly spent and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart.
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I am worn out and utterly crushed; my heart is troubled, and I groan with pain.
9 Lord, all my longing is known to thee, my sighing is not hidden from thee.
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O Lord, you know what I long for; you hear all my groans.
10 My heart throbs, my strength fails me; and the light of my eyes--it also has gone from me.
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My heart is pounding, my strength is gone, and my eyes have lost their brightness.
11 My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my kinsmen stand afar off.
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My friends and neighbors will not come near me, because of my sores; even my family keeps away from me.
12 Those who seek my life lay their snares, those who seek my hurt speak of ruin, and meditate treachery all the day long.
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Those who want to kill me lay traps for me, and those who want to hurt me threaten to ruin me; they never stop plotting against me.
13 But I am like a deaf man, I do not hear, like a dumb man who does not open his mouth.
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I am like the deaf and cannot hear, like the dumb and cannot speak.
14 Yea, I am like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no rebukes.
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I am like those who do not answer, because they cannot hear.
15 But for thee, O LORD, do I wait; it is thou, O LORD my God, who wilt answer.
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But I trust in you, O Lord; and you, O Lord my God, will answer me.
16 For I pray, "Only let them not rejoice over me, who boast against me when my foot slips!"
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Don't let my enemies gloat over my distress; don't let them boast about my downfall!
17 For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
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I am about to fall and am in constant pain.
18 I confess my iniquity, I am sorry for my sin.
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I confess my sins; they fill me with anxiety.
19 Those who are my foes without cause are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully.
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My enemies are healthy and strong; there are many who hate me for no reason.
20 Those who render me evil for good are my adversaries because I follow after good.
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Those who pay back evil for good are against me because I try to do right.
21 Do not forsake me, O LORD! O my God, be not far from me!
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Do not abandon me, O Lord; do not stay away, my God!
22 Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!
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Help me now, O Lord my savior!
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.