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Psalms 38:1
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LORD, don't rebuke me in your wrath, Neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.
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Psalms 38:2
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For your arrows have pierced me, Your hand presses hard on me.
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Psalms 38:3
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There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, Neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.
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Psalms 38:4
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For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
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Psalms 38:5
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My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness.
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Psalms 38:6
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I am pained and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long.
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Psalms 38:7
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For my waist is filled with burning. There is no soundness in my flesh.
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Psalms 38:8
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I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart.
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Psalms 38:9
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Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you.
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Psalms 38:10
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My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me.
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Psalms 38:11
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My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away.
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Psalms 38:12
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They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all day long.
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Psalms 38:13
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But I, as a deaf man, don't hear. I am as a mute man who doesn't open his mouth.
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Psalms 38:14
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Yes, I am as a man who doesn't hear, In whose mouth are no reproofs.
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Psalms 38:15
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For in you, LORD, do I hope. You will answer, Lord my God.
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Psalms 38:16
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For I said, "Don't let them gloat over me, Or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips."
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Psalms 38:17
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For I am ready to fall. My pain is continually before me.
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Psalms 38:18
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For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin.
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Psalms 38:19
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But my enemies are vigorous and many. Those who hate me without reason are numerous.
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Psalms 38:20
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They who also render evil for good are adversaries to me, Because I follow what is good.
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Psalms 38:21
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Don't forsake me, LORD. My God, don't be far from me.
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Psalms 38:22
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Hurry to help me, Lord, my salvation. Psalm 39 For the Chief Musician. For Yedutun. A Psalm by David.
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