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The Book of Psalms, Chapter 38
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O lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot
displeasure.
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For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
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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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For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden
they are too heavy for me.
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My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
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I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day
long.
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For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no
soundness in my flesh.
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I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the
disquietness of my heart.
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Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid
from thee.
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My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of
mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
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My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my
kinsmen stand afar off.
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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.
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But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that
openeth not his mouth.
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Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no
reproofs.
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For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
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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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For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
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For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
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But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that
hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
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They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries;
because I follow the thing that good is.
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Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
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Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
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