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1 LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.
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To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments; according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy anger, nor chasten me in thy wrath.
2 Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am faint; heal me, LORD, for my bones are in agony.
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Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am languishing; O LORD, heal me, for my bones are troubled.
3 My soul is in deep anguish. How long, LORD, how long?
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My soul also is sorely troubled. But thou, O LORD--how long?
4 Turn, LORD, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love.
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Turn, O LORD, save my life; deliver me for the sake of thy steadfast love.
5 Among the dead no one proclaims your name. Who praises you from the grave?
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For in death there is no remembrance of thee; in Sheol who can give thee praise?
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 weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears; I drench my couch with my weeping.
7 My eyes grow weak with sorrow; they fail because of all my foes.
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My eye wastes away because of grief, it grows weak because of all my foes.
8 Away from me, all you who do evil, for the LORD has heard my weeping.
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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 mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.
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The LORD has heard my supplication; the LORD accepts 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 shall be ashamed and sorely troubled; they shall turn back, and be put to shame in a moment.
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