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Prayer of a Suffering Penitent.

¹ LORD, ^(C1)do not rebuke me in Your wrath,
And do not punish me in Your burning anger.

² For Your ^(C1)arrows have sunk deep into me,
And ^(C2)Your hand has pressed down on me.

³ There is ^(C1)no healthy part in my flesh ^(C2)because of Your indignation;
There is no health ^(C3)in my bones because of my sin.

⁴ For my ^(C1)guilty deeds have gone over my head;
Like a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.

⁵ My ^(F1)wounds grow foul and fester
Because of ^(C1)my foolishness.

⁶ I am bent over and ^(C1)greatly bowed down;
I ^(C2)go in mourning all day long.

⁷ For my ^(F1)sides are filled with ^(C1)burning,
And there is ^(C2)no healthy part in my flesh.

⁸ I feel ^(C1)faint and ^(F1)badly crushed;
I ^(F2)(C2)groan because of the ^(F3)agitation of my heart.

⁹ Lord, all ^(C1)my desire is ^(F1)before You;
And my ^(C2)sighing is not hidden from You.

¹⁰ My heart throbs, ^(C1)my strength fails me;
And the ^(C2)light of my eyes, even ^(F1)that ^(F2)has gone from me.

¹¹ My ^(F1)(C1)loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague;
And my kinsmen ^(C2)stand far away.

¹² Those who ^(C1)seek my life ^(C2)lay snares for me;
And those who ^(C3)seek to injure me have ^(F1)threatened destruction,
And they ^(C4)plot deception all day long.

¹³ But I, like a person who is deaf, do not hear;
And I am like a ^(C1)person who cannot speak, who does not open his mouth.

¹⁴ Yes, I am like a person who does not hear,
And in whose mouth are no arguments.

¹⁵ For ^(C1)I wait for You, LORD;
You ^(C2)will answer, Lord my God.

¹⁶ For I said, "May they not rejoice over me,
Who, when my foot slips, ^(C1)would exalt themselves over me."

¹⁷ For I am ^(C1)ready to fall,
And ^(C2)my ^(F1)sorrow is continually before me.

¹⁸ For I ^(C1)admit my guilt;
I am full of ^(C2)anxiety because of my sin.

¹⁹ But my ^(C1)enemies are vigorous and ^(F1)strong,
And those who wrongfully ^(C2)hate me are many.

²⁰ And those who ^(C1)repay evil for good,
They ^(C2)become my enemies, because I follow what is good.

²¹ Do not abandon me, LORD;
My God, ^(C1)do not be far from me!

^22 (C1)Hurry to help me,
Lord, ^(C2)my salvation!