PsalmsPsalm 38 |
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1 O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath; neither chasten me in the heat of thine anger. |
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2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand rests heavily upon me. |
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3 There is no peace in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sins. |
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4 For mine iniquities are gone over my head; as a great burden they are too heavy for me. |
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5 My wounds are loathsome and corrupt because of my foolishness. |
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6 I am greatly troubled; all the day long I walk sadly. |
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7 My loins are filled with trembling, and there is no peace in my body. |
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8 I am feeble and miserable; I have groaned because of the despair of my heart. |
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9 O LORD, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hidden from thee. |
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10 My heart is broken, my strength hath failed me; as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. |
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11 My neighbors and my friends stood aside from my grief; and my kinsmen stood off. |
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12 They also that seek after my life and wish me evil lay hold on me and speak mischievous things and imagine deceits all the day long. |
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13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that opens not his mouth. |
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14 Thus I was as a man that hears not, and in whose mouth is no reproof. |
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15 For in thee, O LORD, do I hope; thou wilt answer me, O LORD my God. |
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16 Because I said, Hear me, lest they rejoice over me; they scoff at me when my feet waver. |
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17 I am prepared to suffer, and my sorrow is continually with me. |
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18 I will declare mine iniquity to thee; I will purify myself of my sins. |
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19 But mine enemies are strong and alert; and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. |
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20 They reward me evil for good; they reproach me because I seek after good things. |
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21 Forsake me not, O LORD; O my God, be not far from me. |
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22 Abide to help me and save me. |