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