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¹ O Lord, ^(a)rebuke me not in Your wrath,
And chasten me not in Your burning anger.
² For Your ^(b)arrows have sunk deep into me,
And ^(c)Your hand has pressed down on me.
³ There is ^(d)no soundness in my flesh ^(e)because of Your indignation;
There is no health ^(f)in my bones because of my sin.
⁴ For my ^(g)iniquities are gone over my head;
As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.
⁵ My ^[a]wounds grow foul and fester
Because of ^(h)my folly.
⁶ I am bent over and ⁽ⁱ⁾greatly bowed down;
I ^(j)go mourning all day long.
⁷ For my loins are filled with ^(k)burning,
And there is ^(l)no soundness in my flesh.
⁸ I am ^(m)benumbed and ^[b]badly crushed;
I ^[c](n)groan because of the ^[d]agitation of my heart.

⁹ Lord, all ^(o)my desire is ^[e]before You;
And my ^(p)sighing is not hidden from You.
¹⁰ My heart throbs, ^(q)my strength fails me;
And the ^(r)light of my eyes, even ^[f]that ^[g]has gone from me.
¹¹ My ^[h](s)loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague;
And my kinsmen ^(t)stand afar off.
¹² Those who ^(u)seek my life ^(v)lay snares for me;
And those who ^(w)seek to injure me have ^[i]threatened destruction,
And they ^(x)devise treachery all day long.

¹³ But I, like a deaf man, do not hear;
And I am like a ^(y)mute man who does not open his mouth.
¹⁴ Yes, I am like a man who does not hear,
And in whose mouth are no arguments.
¹⁵ For ^(z)I ^[j]hope in You, O Lord;
You ^(aa)will answer, O Lord my God.
¹⁶ For I said, "May they not rejoice over me,
Who, when my foot slips, ^(ab)would magnify themselves against me."
¹⁷ For I am ^(ac)ready to fall,
And ^(ad)my ^[k]sorrow is continually before me.
¹⁸ For I ^[l](ae)confess my iniquity;
I am full of ^(af)anxiety because of my sin.
¹⁹ But my ^(ag)enemies are vigorous and ^[m]strong,
And many are those who ^(ah)hate me wrongfully.
²⁰ And those who ^(ai)repay evil for good,
They ^(aj)oppose me, because I follow what is good.
²¹ Do not forsake me, O Lord;
O my God, ^(ak)do not be far from me!
²² Make ^(al)haste to help me,
O Lord, ^(am)my salvation!