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Psalms 38

22 aligned verses; 22 with wording or punctuation differences .

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A Psalm of David, for remembrance. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath .
O lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure .
For Your arrows have pierced me deeply , and Your hand has pressed down on me.
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore .
There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.
There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear .
For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me .
My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly .
My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness .
I am bent and brought low ; all day long I go about mourning.
I am troubled ; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long .
For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body .
For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh .
I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
O Lord, my every desire is before You ; my groaning is not hidden from You .
Lord, all my desire is before thee ; and my groaning is not hid from thee .
My heart pounds , my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded .
My heart panteth , my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes , it also is gone from me .
My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance .
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off .
Those who seek my life lay snares ; those who wish me harm speak destruction , plotting deceit all day long.
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.
But like a deaf man, I do not hear ; and like a mute man , I do not open my mouth.
But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
I am like a man who cannot hear , whose mouth offers no reply .
Thus I was as a man that heareth not , and in whose mouth are no reproofs .
I wait for You , O LORD ; You will answer , O Lord my God.
For in thee , O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
For I said, “Let them not gloat over me those who taunt me when my foot slips .
For I said, Hear me , lest otherwise they should rejoice over me : when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me .
For I am ready to fall , and my pain is ever with me.
For I am ready to halt , and my sorrow is continually before me.
Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
Many are my enemies without cause , and many hate me without reason .
But mine enemies are lively , and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied .
Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is .
Do not forsake me, O LORD ; be not far from me , O my God .
Forsake me not , O LORD : O my God, be not far from me.
Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior .
Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation .

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