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1 LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.
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Lord, don't correct me when you are angry; don't punish me when you are very angry.
2 Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am faint; heal me, LORD, for my bones are in agony.
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Lord, have mercy on me because I am weak. Heal me, Lord, because my bones ache.
3 My soul is in deep anguish. How long, LORD, how long?
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I am very upset. Lord, how long will it be?
4 Turn, LORD, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love.
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Lord, return and save me; save me because of your kindness.
5 Among the dead no one proclaims your name. Who praises you from the grave?
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Dead people don't remember you; those in the grave don't praise you.
6 I am worn out from my groaning. All night long I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
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I am tired of crying to you. Every night my bed is wet with tears; my bed is soaked from my crying.
7 My eyes grow weak with sorrow; they fail because of all my foes.
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My eyes are weak from so much crying; they are weak from crying about my enemies.
8 Away from me, all you who do evil, for the LORD has heard my weeping.
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Get away from me, all you who do evil, because the Lord has heard my crying.
9 The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.
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The Lord has heard my cry for help; the Lord will answer my prayer.
10 All my enemies will be overwhelmed with shame and anguish; they will turn back and suddenly be put to shame.
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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.