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¹ O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath; neither chasten me in the heat of thine anger.² For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand rests heavily upon me.³ There is no peace in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sins.⁴ For mine iniquities are gone over my head; as a great burden they are too heavy for me.⁵ My wounds are loathsome and corrupt because of my foolishness.⁶ I am greatly troubled; all the day long I walk sadly.⁷ My loins are filled with trembling, and there is no peace in my body.⁸ I am feeble and miserable; I have groaned because of the despair of my heart.⁹ O LORD, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hidden from thee.¹⁰ My heart is broken, my strength hath failed me; as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.¹¹ My neighbors and my friends stood aside from my grief; and my kinsmen stood off.

¹² They also that seek after my life and wish me evil lay hold on me and speak mischievous things and imagine deceits all the day long.¹³ But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that opens not his mouth.¹⁴ Thus I was as a man that hears not, and in whose mouth is no reproof.¹⁵ For in thee, O LORD, do I hope; thou wilt answer me, O LORD my God.¹⁶ Because I said, Hear me, lest they rejoice over me; they scoff at me when my feet waver.¹⁷ I am prepared to suffer, and my sorrow is continually with me.¹⁸ I will declare mine iniquity to thee; I will purify myself of my sins.¹⁹ But mine enemies are strong and alert; and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.²⁰ They reward me evil for good; they reproach me because I seek after good things.²¹ Forsake me not, O LORD; O my God, be not far from me.²² Abide to help me and save me.