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Darby Bible Translation

Prayer in Time of Chastening

A Psalm of David. To bring to remembrance.

O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your wrath,
Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure!

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O Lord, Don't Rebuke Me in Your Wrath

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

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For Your arrows pierce me deeply,
And Your hand presses me down.

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For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand cometh down upon me.

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There is no soundness in my flesh
Because of Your anger,
Nor any health in my bones
Because of my sin.

3

There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; no peace in my bones, because of my sin.

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

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

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My wounds are foul and festering
Because of my foolishness.

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My wounds stink, they are corrupt, because of my foolishness.

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I am [a]troubled, I am bowed down greatly;
I go mourning all the day long.

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I am depressed; I am bowed down beyond measure; I go mourning all the day.

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For my loins are full of inflammation,
And there is no soundness in my flesh.

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For my loins are full of burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.

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I am feeble and severely broken;
I groan because of the turmoil of my heart.

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I am faint and broken beyond measure; I roar by reason of the agitation of my heart.

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Lord, all my desire is before You;
And my sighing is not hidden from You.

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

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My heart pants, my strength fails me;
As for the light of my eyes, it also has gone from me.

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My heart throbbeth, my strength hath left me; and the light of mine eyes, it also is no more with me.

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My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague,
And my relatives stand afar off.

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My lovers and mine associates stand aloof from my stroke; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

12

Those also who seek my life lay snares for me;
Those who seek my hurt speak of destruction,
And plan deception all the day long.

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And they that seek after my life lay snares [for me]; and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all the day long.

13

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

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But I, as a deaf [man], hear not; and am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

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Thus I am like a man who does not hear,
And in whose mouth is no response.

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

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For [b]in You, O Lord, I hope;
You will [c]hear, O Lord my God.

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For in thee, Jehovah, do I hope: *thou* wilt answer, O Lord my God.

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For I said, “Hear me, lest they rejoice over me,
Lest, when my foot slips, they exalt themselves against me.”

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For I said, Let them not rejoice over me! When my foot slipped, they magnified [themselves] against me.

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For I am ready to fall,
And my sorrow is continually before me.

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

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For I will declare my iniquity;
I will be in [d]anguish over my sin.

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For I will declare mine iniquity, I am grieved for my sin.

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But my enemies are vigorous, and they are strong;
And those who hate me wrongfully have multiplied.

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

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Those also who render evil for good,
They are my adversaries, because I follow what is good.

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And they that render evil for good are adversaries unto me; because I pursue what is good.

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

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Forsake me not, Jehovah; O my God, be not far from me.

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

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

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New King James Version

Darby Bible Translation

Psalms 38

Psalms 38