| 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 thy arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand falleth heavy upon me. --
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There is no soundness in my flesh because of thy anger; neither is there any rest 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 offensive, 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 lothsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh. --
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I am feeble and grievously 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 my eyes, that also is gone from me. --
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My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my affliction; 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 my iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. --
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But my 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 my adversaries; because I follow the thing that is good. --
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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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