Psalms Chapter 38 (NIV)
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Psalm 38A psalm of David. A petition.O Lord, do not rebuke me in your angeror discipline me in your wrath.
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For your arrows have pierced me,and your hand has come down upon me.
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Because of your wrath there is no health in my body;my bones have no soundness because of my sin.
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My guilt has overwhelmed melike a burden too heavy to bear.
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My wounds fester and are loathsomebecause of my sinful folly.
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I am bowed down and brought very low;all day long I go about mourning.
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My back is filled with searing pain;there is no health in my body.
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I am feeble and utterly crushed;I groan in anguish of heart.
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All my longings lie open before you, O Lord;my sighing is not hidden from you.
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My heart pounds, my strength fails me;even the light has gone from my eyes.
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My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;my neighbors stay far away.
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Those who seek my life set their traps,those who would harm me talk of my ruin;all day long they plot deception.
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I am like a deaf man, who cannot hear,like a mute, who cannot open his mouth;
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I have become like a man who does not hear,whose mouth can offer no reply.
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I wait for you, O Lord;you will answer, O Lord my God.
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For I said, “Do not let them gloator exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.”
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For I am about to fall,and my pain is ever with me.
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I confess my iniquity;I am troubled by my sin.
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Many are those who are my vigorous enemies;those who hate me without reason are numerous.
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Those who repay my good with evilslander me when I pursue what is good.
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O Lord, do not forsake me;be not far from me, O my God.
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Come quickly to help me,O Lord my Savior.
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