King James Bible

English Standard Version

O Lord, Don't Rebuke Me in Your Wrath

{A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.} O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

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Do Not Forsake Me, O Lord

A Psalm of David, for the memorial offering.

O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger,
nor discipline me in your wrath!

2

For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

2

For your arrows have sunk into me,
and your hand has come down on me.

3

There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

3

There is no soundness in my flesh
because of your indignation;
there is no health in my bones
because of my sin.

4

For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

4

For my iniquities have gone over my head;
like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.

5

My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.

5

My wounds stink and fester
because of my foolishness,

6

I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

6

I am utterly bowed down and prostrate;
all the day I go about mourning.

7

For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.

7

For my sides are filled with burning,
and there is no soundness in my flesh.

8

I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

8

I am feeble and crushed;
I groan because of the tumult of my heart.

9

Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.

9

O Lord, all my longing is before you;
my sighing is not hidden from you.

10

My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

10

My heart throbs; my strength fails me,
and the light of my eyes — it also has gone from me.

11

My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

11

My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague,
and my nearest kin stand far off.

12

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.

12

Those who seek my life lay their snares;
those who seek my hurt speak of ruin
and meditate treachery all day long.

13

But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

13

But I am like a deaf man; I do not hear,
like a mute man who does not open his mouth.

14

Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

14

I have become like a man who does not hear,
and in whose mouth are no rebukes.

15

For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

15

But for you, O Lord, do I wait;
it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.

16

For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

16

For I said, “Only let them not rejoice over me,
who boast against me when my foot slips!”

17

For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.

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For I am ready to fall,
and my pain is ever before me.

18

For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

18

I confess my iniquity;
I am sorry for my sin.

19

But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

19

But my foes are vigorous, they are mighty,
and many are those who hate me wrongfully.

20

They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.

20

Those who render me evil for good
accuse me because I follow after good.

21

Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.

21

Do not forsake me, O Lord!
O my God, be not far from me!

22

Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.

22

Make haste to help me,
O Lord, my salvation!

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