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1 Lord, don't correct me when you are angry; don't punish me when you are very angry.
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O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath.
2 Lord, have mercy on me because I am weak. Heal me, Lord, because my bones ache.
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Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing; heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled.
3 I am very upset. Lord, how long will it be?
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My soul also is greatly troubled. But you, O Lord— how long?
4 Lord, return and save me; save me because of your kindness.
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Turn, O Lord, deliver my life; save me for the sake of your steadfast love.
5 Dead people don't remember you; those in the grave don't praise you.
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For in death there is no remembrance of you; in Sheol who will give you praise?
6 I am tired of crying to you. Every night my bed is wet with tears; my bed is soaked from my crying.
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I am weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears; I drench my couch with my weeping.
7 My eyes are weak from so much crying; they are weak from crying about my enemies.
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My eye wastes away because of grief; it grows weak because of all my foes.
8 Get away from me, all you who do evil, because the Lord has heard my crying.
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Depart from me, all you workers of evil, for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.
9 The Lord has heard my cry for help; the Lord will answer my prayer.
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The Lord has heard my plea; the Lord accepts my prayer.
10 All my enemies will be ashamed and troubled. They will turn and suddenly leave in shame. A shiggaion of David which he sang to the Lord about Cush, from the tribe of Benjamin.
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All my enemies shall be ashamed and greatly troubled; they shall turn back and be put to shame in a moment.