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1A psalm of David. A petition. LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.

1LORD! Do not rebuke me in your anger; do not correct me in your wrath,

2Your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down on me.

2because your arrows have sunk deep into me, and your hand has come down hard on me.

3Because of your wrath there is no health in my body; there is no soundness in my bones because of my sin.

3My body is unhealthy due to your anger, and my bones have no rest due to my sin.

4My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear.

4My iniquities loom over my head; like a cumbersome burden, they are too heavy for me.

5My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly.

5My wounds have putrefied and festered because of my foolishness.

6I am bowed down and brought very low; all day long I go about mourning.

6I am bent over and walk about greatly bowed down; all day long I go around mourning.

7My back is filled with searing pain; there is no health in my body.

7My insides are burning and my body is unhealthy.

8I am feeble and utterly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.

8I am weak and utterly crushed; I cry out in distress because of my heart's anguish.

9All my longings lie open before you, Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you.

9Lord, all my longings are before you, and my groaning is not hidden from you.

10My heart pounds, my strength fails me; even the light has gone from my eyes.

10My heart pounds, my strength fails me, even the gleam in my eye is gone.

11My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbors stay far away.

11As for my friends and my neighbors, they stand aloof from my distress; even my close relatives stand at a distance.

12Those who want to kill me set their traps, those who would harm me talk of my ruin; all day long they scheme and lie.

12Those who seek my life lay snares for me; those who seek to do me harm brag all day long about their wicked planning.

13I am like the deaf, who cannot hear, like the mute, who cannot speak;

13I am like the deaf, who cannot hear, and like the mute, who cannot open his mouth.

14I have become like one who does not hear, whose mouth can offer no reply.

14Indeed, I have become like a man who hears nothing, and in whose mouth there is no rebuke.

15LORD, I wait for you; you will answer, Lord my God.

15Because I have placed my hope in you, LORD, you will answer, Lord, my God.

16For I said, "Do not let them gloat or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip."

16For I said, "Do not let them gloat over me, as they congratulate themselves when my foot slips."

17For I am about to fall, and my pain is ever with me.

17Indeed, I am being set up for a fall, and I am continuously reminded of my pain.

18I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.

18I confess my iniquity, and my sin troubles me.

19Many have become my enemies without cause; those who hate me without reason are numerous.

19But my enemies are alive and well; those who hate me for no reason are numerous.

20Those who repay my good with evil lodge accusations against me, though I seek only to do what is good.

20They reward my good with evil, opposing me because I seek to do good.

21LORD, do not forsake me; do not be far from me, my God.

21Don't forsake me, LORD. My God, do not be so distant from me.

22Come quickly to help me, my Lord and my Savior.

22Come quickly and help me, Lord, my deliverer.

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