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| A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. |
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| 1 O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. |
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| 2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. |
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| 3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. |
No soundness – We are all enslaved to the extent that we have these imperfections. CR429:3
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| 4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an 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; I go mourning all the day long. |
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| 7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh. |
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| 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. |
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| 10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: 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; and my kinsmen stand afar off. |
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| 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. |
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| 13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; 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, 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. |
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| 18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. |
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| 19 But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. |
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| 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. |
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| 22 Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation. |
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