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¹ A psalm of David. A petition. LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.

² Your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down on me.

³ Because of your wrath there is no health in my body; there is no soundness in my bones because of my sin.

⁴ My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear.

⁵ My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly.

⁶ I am bowed down and brought very low; all day long I go about mourning.

⁷ My back is filled with searing pain; there is no health in my body.

⁸ I am feeble and utterly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.

⁹ All my longings lie open before you, Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you.

¹⁰ My heart pounds, my strength fails me; even the light has gone from my eyes.

¹¹ My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbors stay far away.

¹² 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.

¹³ I am like the deaf, who cannot hear, like the mute, who cannot speak;

¹⁴ I have become like one who does not hear, whose mouth can offer no reply.

¹⁵ LORD, I wait for you; you will answer, Lord my God.

¹⁶ For I said, “Do not let them gloat or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip.”

¹⁷ For I am about to fall, and my pain is ever with me.

¹⁸ I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.

¹⁹ Many have become my enemies without cause[61]; those who hate me without reason are numerous.

²⁰ Those who repay my good with evil lodge accusations against me, though I seek only to do what is good.

²¹ LORD, do not forsake me; do not be far from me, my God.

²² Come quickly to help me, my Lord and my Savior.

#	NIV 11
1	A psalm of David. A petition. LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.
2	Your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down on me.
3	Because of your wrath there is no health in my body; there is no soundness in my bones because of my sin.
4	My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear.
5	My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly.
6	I am bowed down and brought very low; all day long I go about mourning.
7	My back is filled with searing pain; there is no health in my body.
8	I am feeble and utterly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
9	All my longings lie open before you, Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you.
10	My heart pounds, my strength fails me; even the light has gone from my eyes.
11	My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbors stay far away.
12	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.
13	I am like the deaf, who cannot hear, like the mute, who cannot speak;
14	I have become like one who does not hear, whose mouth can offer no reply.
15	LORD, I wait for you; you will answer, Lord my God.
16	For I said, “Do not let them gloat or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip.”
17	For I am about to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
18	I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
19	Many have become my enemies without cause[61]; those who hate me without reason are numerous.
20	Those who repay my good with evil lodge accusations against me, though I seek only to do what is good.
21	LORD, do not forsake me; do not be far from me, my God.
22	Come quickly to help me, my Lord and my Savior.

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