Third Millennium Bible TMB
GOD'S WORD Translation GW
1 <<A Psalm of David. To bring to remembrance.>> O LORD, rebuke me not in Thy wrath, neither chasten me in Thy hot displeasure!
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O LORD, do not angrily punish me or discipline me in your wrath.
2 For Thine arrows stick fast in me, and Thy hand presseth me sorely.
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Your arrows have struck me. Your hand has struck me hard.
3 There is no soundness in my flesh, because of Thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones, because of my sin.
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No healthy spot is left on my body because of your rage. There is no peace in my bones because of my sin.
4 For mine iniquities have gone over mine head; as a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
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My guilt has overwhelmed me. Like a heavy load, it is more than I can bear.
5 My wounds are foul and corrupt because of my foolishness.
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My wounds smell rotten. They fester because of my stupidity.
6 I am troubled, I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
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I am bent over and bowed down very low. All day I walk around in mourning.
7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease, and there is no soundness in my flesh.
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My insides are filled with burning pain, and no healthy spot is left on my body.
8 I am feeble and sorely broken; I have groaned because of the disquiet of my heart.
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I am numb and completely devastated. I roar because my heart's in turmoil.
9 Lord, all my desires are known to Thee; and my groaning is not hidden from Thee.
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You know all my desires, O Lord, and my groaning has not been hidden from you.
10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me; as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
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My heart is pounding. I have lost my strength. Even the light of my eyes has left me.
11 My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my sore, and my kinsmen stand afar off.
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My loved ones and my friends keep their distance and my relatives stand far away because of my sickness.
12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me; and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and devise deceits all the day long.
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Those who seek my life lay traps for me. Those who are out to harm me talk about ruining me. All day long they think of ways to deceive me.
13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
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But I am like a person who cannot hear and like a person who cannot speak.
14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
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I am like one who cannot hear and who can offer no arguments.
15 For in Thee, O LORD, do I hope; Thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
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But I wait with hope for you, O LORD. You will answer, O Lord, my God.
16 For I said, "Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me; when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me."
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I said, "Do not let them gloat over me. When my foot slips, do not let them promote themselves at my expense."
17 For I am ready for halting, and my sorrow is continually before me.
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I am ready to fall. I am continually aware of my pain.
18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
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I confess my guilt. My sin troubles me.
19 But mine enemies are alive and they are strong; and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
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My mortal enemies are growing stronger. Many hate me for no reason.
20 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries, because I follow the thing that is good.
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They pay me back with evil instead of good, and they accuse me because I try to do what is good.
21 Forsake me not, O LORD; O my God, be not far from me!
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Do not abandon me, O LORD. O my God, do not be so distant from me.
22 Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!
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Come quickly to help me, O Lord, my savior.
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