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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!
A psalm of David, asking God to remember him.
O LORD, don’t rebuke me in your anger
or discipline me in your rage!
O LORD, don’t rebuke me in your anger
or discipline me in your rage!
For Your arrows pierce me deeply,
And Your hand presses me down.
And Your hand presses me down.
Your arrows have struck deep,
and your blows are crushing me.
and your blows are crushing 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 anger, my whole body is sick;
my health is broken because of my sins.
my health is broken because of my sins.
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 overwhelms me —
it is a burden too heavy to bear.
it is a burden too heavy to bear.
My wounds are foul and festering
Because of my foolishness.
Because of my foolishness.
My wounds fester and stink
because of my foolish sins.
because of my foolish sins.
I am bent over and racked with pain.
All day long I walk around filled with grief.
All day long I walk around filled with grief.
For my loins are full of inflammation,
And there is no soundness in my flesh.
And there is no soundness in my flesh.
A raging fever burns within me,
and my health is broken.
and my health is broken.
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 exhausted and completely crushed.
My groans come from an anguished heart.
My groans come from an anguished heart.
Lord, all my desire is before You;
And my sighing is not hidden from You.
And my sighing is not hidden from You.
You know what I long for, Lord;
you hear my every sigh.
you hear my every sigh.
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 beats wildly, my strength fails,
and I am going blind.
and I am going blind.
My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague,
And my relatives stand afar off.
And my relatives stand afar off.
My loved ones and friends stay away, fearing my disease.
Even my own family stands at a distance.
Even my own family stands at a distance.
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.
Meanwhile, my enemies lay traps to kill me.
Those who wish me harm make plans to ruin me.
All day long they plan their treachery.
Those who wish me harm make plans to ruin me.
All day long they plan their treachery.
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.
But I am deaf to all their threats.
I am silent before them as one who cannot speak.
I am silent before them as one 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 choose to hear nothing,
and I make no reply.
and I make no reply.
For I am waiting for you, O LORD.
You must answer for me, O Lord my God.
You must answer for me, O 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.”
I prayed, “Don’t let my enemies gloat over me
or rejoice at my downfall.”
or rejoice at my downfall.”
For I am ready to fall,
And my sorrow is continually before me.
And my sorrow is continually before me.
I am on the verge of collapse,
facing constant pain.
facing constant pain.
But I confess my sins;
I am deeply sorry for what I have done.
I am deeply sorry for what I have done.
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.
I have many aggressive enemies;
they hate me without reason.
they hate me without reason.
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.
They repay me evil for good
and oppose me for pursuing good.
and oppose me for pursuing good.
Do not forsake me, O Lord;
O my God, be not far from me!
O my God, be not far from me!
Do not abandon me, O LORD.
Do not stand at a distance, my God.
Do not stand at a distance, my God.