48 lines
1.8 KiB
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48 lines
1.8 KiB
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# Chapter 38
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1 O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your wrath,
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Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure!
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2 For Your arrows pierce me deeply,
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And Your hand presses me down.
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3 There is no soundness in my flesh
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Because of Your anger,
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Nor any health in my bones
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Because of my sin.
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4 For my iniquities have gone over my head;
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Like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
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5 My wounds are foul and festering
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Because of my foolishness.
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6 I am troubled, I am bowed down greatly;
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I go mourning all the day long.
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7 For my loins are full of inflammation,
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And there is no soundness in my flesh.
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8 I am feeble and severely broken;
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I groan because of the turmoil of my heart.
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9 Lord, all my desire is before You;
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And my sighing is not hidden from You.
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10 My heart pants, my strength fails me;
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As for the light of my eyes, it also has gone from me.
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11 My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague,
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And my relatives stand afar off.
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12 Those also who seek my life lay snares for me;
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Those who seek my hurt speak of destruction,
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And plan deception all the day long.
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13 But I, like a deaf man, do not hear;
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And I am like a mute who does not open his mouth.
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14 Thus I am like a man who does not hear,
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And in whose mouth is no response.
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15 For in You, O Lord, I hope;
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You will hear, O Lord my God.
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16 For I said, “Hear me, lest they rejoice over me,
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Lest, when my foot slips, they exalt themselves against me.”
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17 For I am ready to fall,
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And my sorrow is continually before me.
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18 For I will declare my iniquity;
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I will be in anguish over my sin.
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19 But my enemies are vigorous, and they are strong;
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And those who hate me wrongfully have multiplied.
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20 Those also who render evil for good,
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They are my adversaries, because I follow what is good.
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21 Do not forsake me, O Lord;
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O my God, be not far from me!
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22 Make haste to help me,
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O Lord, my salvation! |