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1O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath! | 1O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath! |
2For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down on me. | 2For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down on me. |
3There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin. | 3There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin. |
4For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me. | 4For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me. |
5My wounds stink and fester because of my foolishness, | 5My wounds stink and fester because of my foolishness, |
6I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all the day I go about mourning. | 6I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all the day I go about mourning. |
7For my sides are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh. | 7For my sides are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh. |
8I am feeble and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart. | 8I am feeble and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart. |
9O Lord, all my longing is before you; my sighing is not hidden from you. | 9O Lord, all my longing is before you; my sighing is not hidden from you. |
10My heart throbs; my strength fails me, and the light of my eyes—it also has gone from me. | 10My heart throbs; my strength fails me, and the light of my eyes—it also has gone from me. |
11My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my nearest kin stand far off. | 11My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my nearest kin stand far off. |
12Those who seek my life lay their snares; those who seek my hurt speak of ruin and meditate treachery all day long. | 12Those who seek my life lay their snares; those who seek my hurt speak of ruin and meditate treachery all day long. |
13But I am like a deaf man; I do not hear, like a mute man who does not open his mouth. | 13But I am like a deaf man; I do not hear, like a mute man who does not open his mouth. |
14I have become like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no rebukes. | 14I have become like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no rebukes. |
15But for you, O LORD, do I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer. | 15But for you, O LORD, do I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer. |
16For I said, “Only let them not rejoice over me, who boast against me when my foot slips!” | 16For I said, “Only let them not rejoice over me, who boast against me when my foot slips!” |
17For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever before me. | 17For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever before me. |
18I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin. | 18I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin. |
19But my foes are vigorous, they are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully. | 19But my foes are vigorous, they are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully. |
20Those who render me evil for good accuse me because I follow after good. | 20Those who render me evil for good accuse me because I follow after good. |
21Do not forsake me, O LORD! O my God, be not far from me! | 21Do not forsake me, O LORD! O my God, be not far from me! |
22Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation! | 22Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation! |
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