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Psalms.
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Chapter 38.
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2024-02-13 19:11:41 +00:00
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A Psalm by David, for a memorial. LORD, don’t rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.
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2024-02-13 14:51:40 +00:00
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For your arrows have pierced me, your hand presses hard on me.
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There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.
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For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
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My wounds are loathsome and corrupt because of my foolishness.
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I am in pain and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long.
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For my waist is filled with burning. There is no soundness in my flesh.
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I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart.
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Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you.
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My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me.
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My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away.
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They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.
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But I, as a deaf man, don’t hear. I am as a mute man who doesn’t open his mouth.
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Yes, I am as a man who doesn’t hear, in whose mouth are no reproofs.
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For I hope in you, LORD. You will answer, Lord my God.
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2024-02-13 14:51:40 +00:00
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For I said, “Don’t let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.”
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For I am ready to fall. My pain is continually before me.
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For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin.
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But my enemies are vigorous and many. Those who hate me without reason are numerous.
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They who render evil for good are also adversaries to me, because I follow what is good.
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2024-02-13 19:11:41 +00:00
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Don’t forsake me, LORD. My God, don’t be far from me.
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2024-02-13 14:51:40 +00:00
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Hurry to help me, Lord, my salvation.
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