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[Psalm Of David In commemoration] Yahweh, do not correct me in anger, do not discipline me in wrath.
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For your arrows have pierced deep into me, your hand has pressed down upon me.
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Your indignation has left no part of me unscathed, my sin has left no health in my bones.
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My sins stand higher than my head, they weigh on me as an unbearable weight.
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I have stinking, festering wounds, thanks to my folly.
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I am twisted and bent double, I spend my days in gloom.
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My loins burn with fever, no part of me is unscathed.
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Numbed and utterly crushed I groan in distress of heart.
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Lord, all my longing is known to you, my sighing no secret from you,
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my heart is throbbing, my strength has failed, the light has gone out of my eyes.
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Friends and companions shun my disease, even the dearest of them keep their distance.
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Those with designs on my life lay snares, those who wish me ill speak of violence and hatch treachery all day long.
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But I hear nothing, as though I were deaf, as though dumb, saying not a word.
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I am like the one who, hearing nothing, has no sharp answer to make.
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For in you, Yahweh, I put my hope, you, Lord my God, will give answer.
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I said, 'Never let them gloat over me, do not let them take advantage of me if my foot slips.'
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There is no escape for me from falling, no relief from my misery.
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But I make no secret of my guilt, I am anxious at the thought of my sin.
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There is no numbering those who oppose me without cause, no counting those who hate me unprovoked,
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repaying me evil for good, slandering me for trying to do them good.
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Yahweh, do not desert me, my God, do not stand aloof from me.
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Come quickly to my help, Lord, my Saviour!
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