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A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure (38:1) For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore (38:2) There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin (38:3) For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me (38:4) My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness (38:5) I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long (38:6) For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh (38:7) I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart (38:8) Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee (38:9) My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me (38:10) My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off (38:11) 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 (38:12) But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth (38:13) Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs (38:14) For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God (38:15) For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me (38:16) For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me (38:17) For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin (38:18) But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied (38:19) They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is (38:20) Forsake me not, O Lord: O my God, be not far from me (38:21) Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation
(38:22)
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