| Chapter 38 |
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Yahweh, don`t rebuke me in your wrath, Neither chasten me in your hot displeasure. |
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For your arrows have pierced me, Your hand presses hard on me. |
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There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, Neither is there any health 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 loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness. |
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I am pained and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all the day long. |
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For my loins are filled with burning. There is no soundness in my flesh. |
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I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart. |
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Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you. |
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My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me. |
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My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand afar off. |
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They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all day long. |
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But I, as a deaf man, don`t hear. I am as a mute man who doesn`t open his mouth. |
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Yes, I am as a man who doesn`t hear, In whose mouth are no reproofs. |
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For in you, Yahweh, do I hope. You will answer, Lord my God. |
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For I said, "Don`t let them gloat over me, Or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips." |
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For I am ready to fall. My pain 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 vigorous and many. Those who hate me without reason are numerous. |
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They who also render evil for good are adversaries to me, Because I follow what is good. |
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Don`t forsake me, Yahweh. My God, don`t be far from me. |
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Hurry to help me, Lord, my salvation. Psalm 39 For the Chief Musician. For Jeduthun. A Psalm by David. |
