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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!
A Psalm of David. To bring to remembrance.
O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your wrath,
Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure!
For Your arrows pierce me deeply,
And Your hand presses me down.
And Your hand presses me down.
Your arrows have pierced me,
and your hand has come down on me.
and your hand has come down on me.
There is no soundness in my flesh
Because of Your anger,
Nor any health in my bones
Because of my sin.
Because of Your anger,
Nor any health in my bones
Because of my sin.
Because of your wrath there is no health in my body;
there is no soundness in my bones because of my sin.
there is no soundness in my bones because of my sin.
For my iniquities have gone over my head;
Like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
Like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
My guilt has overwhelmed me
like a burden too heavy to bear.
like a burden too heavy to bear.
My wounds are foul and festering
Because of my foolishness.
Because of my foolishness.
My wounds fester and are loathsome
because of my sinful folly.
because of my sinful folly.
I am bowed down and brought very low;
all day long I go about mourning.
all day long I go about mourning.
For my loins are full of inflammation,
And there is no soundness in my flesh.
And there is no soundness in my flesh.
My back is filled with searing pain;
there is no health in my body.
there is no health in my body.
I am feeble and severely broken;
I groan because of the turmoil of my heart.
I groan because of the turmoil of my heart.
I am feeble and utterly crushed;
I groan in anguish of heart.
I groan in anguish of heart.
Lord, all my desire is before You;
And my sighing is not hidden from You.
And my sighing is not hidden from You.
All my longings lie open before you, Lord;
my sighing is not hidden from you.
my sighing is not hidden from you.
My heart pants, my strength fails me;
As for the light of my eyes, it also has gone from me.
As for the light of my eyes, it also has gone from me.
My heart pounds, my strength fails me;
even the light has gone from my eyes.
even the light has gone from my eyes.
My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague,
And my relatives stand afar off.
And my relatives stand afar off.
My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;
my neighbors stay far away.
my neighbors stay far away.
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.
Those who seek my hurt speak of destruction,
And plan deception all the day long.
Those who want to kill me set their traps,
those who would harm me talk of my ruin;
all day long they scheme and lie.
those who would harm me talk of my ruin;
all day long they scheme and lie.
But I, like a deaf man, do not hear;
And I am like a mute who does not open his mouth.
And I am like a mute who does not open his mouth.
I am like the deaf, who cannot hear,
like the mute, who cannot speak;
like the mute, who cannot speak;
Thus I am like a man who does not hear,
And in whose mouth is no response.
And in whose mouth is no response.
I have become like one who does not hear,
whose mouth can offer no reply.
whose mouth can offer no reply.
Lord, I wait for you;
you will answer, Lord my God.
you will answer, Lord my God.
For I said, “Hear me, lest they rejoice over me,
Lest, when my foot slips, they exalt themselves against me.”
Lest, when my foot slips, they exalt themselves against me.”
For I said, “Do not let them gloat
or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip.”
or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip.”
For I am ready to fall,
And my sorrow is continually before me.
And my sorrow is continually before me.
For I am about to fall,
and my pain is ever with me.
and my pain is ever with me.
I confess my iniquity;
I am troubled by my sin.
I am troubled by my sin.
But my enemies are vigorous, and they are strong;
And those who hate me wrongfully have multiplied.
And those who hate me wrongfully have multiplied.
Those also who render evil for good,
They are my adversaries, because I follow what is good.
They are my adversaries, because I follow what is good.
Those who repay my good with evil
lodge accusations against me,
though I seek only to do what is good.
lodge accusations against me,
though I seek only to do what is good.
Do not forsake me, O Lord;
O my God, be not far from me!
O my God, be not far from me!
Lord, do not forsake me;
do not be far from me, my God.
do not be far from me, my God.