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A psalm of David. A petition. O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.
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For your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down upon me.
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Because of your wrath there is no health in my body; my bones have no soundness because of my sin.
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My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear.
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My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly.
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I am bowed down and brought very low; all day long I go about mourning.
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My back is filled with searing pain; there is no health in my body.
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I am feeble and utterly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
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9.
All my longings lie open before you, O Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you.
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10.
My heart pounds, my strength fails me; even the light has gone from my eyes.
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11.
My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbors stay far away.
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12.
Those who seek my life set their traps, those who would harm me talk of my ruin; all day long they plot deception.
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13.
I am like a deaf man, who cannot hear, like a mute, who cannot open his mouth;
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14.
I have become like a man who does not hear, whose mouth can offer no reply.
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15.
I wait for you, O LORD; you will answer, O Lord my God.
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16.
For I said, "Do not let them gloat or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips."
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17.
For I am about to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
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18.
I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
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19.
Many are those who are my vigorous enemies; those who hate me without reason are numerous.
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20.
Those who repay my good with evil slander me when I pursue what is good.
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21.
O LORD, do not forsake me; be not far from me, O my God.
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22.
Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.
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