| Chapter 38 |
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A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. --
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For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. --
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[There is] no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither [is there any] rest in my bones because of my sin. --
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For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. --
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My wounds stink [and] are corrupt because of my foolishness. --
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I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. --
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For my loins are filled with a loathsome [disease]: and [there is] no soundness in my flesh. --
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I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart. --
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Lord, all my desire [is] before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee. --
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My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. --
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My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off. --
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They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me]: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long. --
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But I, as a deaf [man], heard not; and [I was] as a dumb man [that] openeth not his mouth. --
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Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth [are] no reproofs. --
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For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. --
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For I said, [Hear me], lest [otherwise] they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify [themselves] against me. --
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For I [am] ready to halt, and my sorrow [is] continually before me. --
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For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. --
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But mine enemies [are] lively, [and] they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. --
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They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow [the thing that] good [is]. --
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Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me. --
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Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation. --
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