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Chapter 38
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O lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten
me in thy hot displeasure. |
2
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For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth
me sore. |
3
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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. |
4
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For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an
heavy burden they are too heavy for me. |
5
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My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness. |
6
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I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning
all the day long. |
7
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For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and
there is no soundness in my flesh. |
8
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I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason
of the disquietness of my heart. |
9
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Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning
is not hid from thee. |
10
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My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the
light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. |
11
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My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore;
and my kinsmen stand afar off. |
12
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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. |
13
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But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb
man that openeth not his mouth. |
14
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Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose
mouth are no reproofs. |
15
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For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord
my God. |
16
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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. |
17
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For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually
before me. |
18
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For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for
my sin. |
19
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But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and
they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. |
20
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They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries;
because I follow the thing that good is. |
21
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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. |
