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Chapter 38 |
| 1 | O lord, rebuke
me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. |
| 2 | For
thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. |
| 3 | There
is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest
in my bones because of my sin. |
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4 | For mine iniquities are gone over mine
head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. |
| 5 | My wounds
stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness. |
| 6 | I am troubled;
I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. |
| 7 | For my
loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my
flesh. |
| 8 |
I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the
disquietness of my heart. |
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9 | Lord, all my desire is before thee; and
my groaning is not hid from thee. |
| 10 | My heart panteth, my strength
faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. |
| 11 |
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar
off. |
| 12 |
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 |
But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that
openeth not his mouth. |
| 14 | Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in
whose mouth are no reproofs. |
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15 | For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou
wilt hear, O Lord my God. |
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16 | For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise
they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves
against me. |
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17 | For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is
continually before me. |
| 18 | For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be
sorry for my sin. |
| 19 | But mine enemies are lively, and they are
strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. |
| 20 | They
also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing
that good is. |
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21 | Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from
me. |
| 22 |
Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation. |
