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Psalms 38

A Psalm of David, for a memorial.

1

O LORD,  arebuke me not in Your wrath, And chasten me not in Your burning anger.

2

For Your  aarrows have sunk deep into me, And  bYour hand has pressed down on me.

3

There is  ano soundness in my flesh  bbecause of Your indignation; There is no health  cin my bones because of my sin.

4

For my  ainiquities are gone over my head; As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.

5

My  1wounds grow foul and fester Because of  amy folly.

6

I am bent over and  agreatly bowed down; I  bgo mourning all day long.

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For my loins are filled with  aburning, And there is  bno soundness in my flesh.

8

I am  abenumbed and  1badly crushed; I  2 bgroan because of the  3agitation of my heart.

9

Lord, all  amy desire is  1before You; And my  bsighing is not hidden from You.

10

My heart throbs,  amy strength fails me; And the  blight of my eyes, even  1that  2has gone from me.

11

My  1 aloved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen  bstand afar off.

12

Those who  aseek my life  blay snares for me; And those who  cseek to injure me have  1threatened destruction, And they  ddevise treachery all day long.

13

But I, like a deaf man, do not hear; And I am like a  amute man who does not open his mouth.

14

Yes, I am like a man who does not hear, And in whose mouth are no arguments.

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For  aI  1hope in You, O LORD; You  bwill answer, O Lord my God.

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For I said, "May they not rejoice over me, Who, when my foot slips,  awould magnify themselves against me."

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For I am  aready to fall, And  bmy  1sorrow is continually before me.

18

For I  1 aconfess my iniquity; I am full of  banxiety because of my sin.

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But my  aenemies are vigorous and  1strong, And many are those who  bhate me wrongfully.

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And those who  arepay evil for good, They  boppose me, because I follow what is good.

21

Do not forsake me, O LORD; O my God,  ado not be far from me!

22

Make  ahaste to help me, O Lord,  bmy salvation!



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