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¹ A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O Jehovah, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, and do not chasten me in Your fury.² For Your arrows sink in me, and Your hand presses heavily on me.³ There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your anger; nor peace in my bones because of my sin.⁴ For my iniquities have passed over my head; as a heavy burden too heavy for me.⁵ My wounds have putrefied and rotted because of my foolishness.⁶ I am bent down, I am bowed down exceedingly; I went mourning all the day.⁷ For my loins are filled with a burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.⁸ I am exceedingly benumbed and crushed. I howl from the groanings of my heart.⁹ My Lord, all my desire is before You, and my sighing is not hidden from You.¹⁰ My heart throbs; my power forsakes me! And the light of my eyes, they also are not with me.¹¹ My lovers and my friends stand apart from my stroke, and my neighbors have stood far off.

¹² And those seeking my life lay a snare; yea, those seeking my evil speak ruin, and they utter deceits all the day long.¹³ But like a deaf one I do not hear; and I am like a dumb one who does not open his mouth.¹⁴ And I am as a man who is not hearing, and who has no rebukes in his mouth.¹⁵ For I hope in You, O Jehovah; O Lord my God You will answer.¹⁶ For I said, Lest they rejoice over me in the slipping of my foot; they exalt themselves over me.¹⁷ For I am ready to fall and my pain is before me always.¹⁸ For I will confess my perversity; I am anxious from my sin.¹⁹ And my enemies are living; they are strong; and ones hating me have multiplied; they lie.²⁰ And those who repay evil for good, they attack me, because the good follows me.²¹ O Jehovah, do not forsake me! O my God, do not be far from me.²² Make haste to help me, O my Lord, my salvation.