Chapter 38
(Psalm 6:1–10)
1 A Psalm of David, for remembrance. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
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2 For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
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3 There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.
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4 For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.
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5 My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.
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6 I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.
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7 For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body.
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8 I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
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9 O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.
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10 My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.
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11 My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
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12 Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
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13 But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.
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14 I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.
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15 I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.
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16 For I said, “Let them not gloat over me— those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
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17 For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
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18 Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
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19 Many are my enemies without cause,1 and many hate me without reason.2
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- One DSS manuscript; MT My enemies are vigorous and strong
- See John 15:25
20 Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
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21 Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God.
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22 Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.
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