The Message Bible MSG
New Living Translation NLT
1 Please, God, no more yelling, no more trips to the woodshed.
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O LORD, don’t rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your rage.
2 Treat me nice for a change; I'm so starved for affection. Can't you see I'm black and blue,
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Have compassion on me, LORD, for I am weak. Heal me, LORD, for my bones are in agony.
3 and soul? God, how long will it take for you to let up?
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I am sick at heart. How long, O LORD, until you restore me?
4 Break in, God, and break up this fight; if you love me at all, get me out of here.
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Return, O LORD, and rescue me. Save me because of your unfailing love.
5 I'm no good to you dead, am I? I can't sing in your choir if I'm buried in some tomb!
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For the dead do not remember you. Who can praise you from the grave?
6 I'm tired of all this - so tired. My bed has been floating forty days and nights On the flood of my tears. My mattress is soaked, soggy with tears.
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I am worn out from sobbing. All night I flood my bed with weeping, drenching it with my tears.
7 The sockets of my eyes are black holes; nearly blind, I squint and grope.
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My vision is blurred by grief; my eyes are worn out because of all my enemies.
8 Get out of here, you Devil's crew: at last God has heard my sobs.
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Go away, all you who do evil, for the LORD has heard my weeping.
9 My requests have all been granted, my prayers are answered.
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The LORD has heard my plea; the LORD will answer my prayer.
10 Cowards, my enemies disappear. Disgraced, they turn tail and run.
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May all my enemies be disgraced and terrified. May they suddenly turn back in shame.
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