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Psalm 38 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

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Prayer in Time of Discipline.

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A Psalm of David; to bring to remembrance.

O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your wrath,

Nor discipline me in Your burning anger.

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For Your arrows have sunk into me and penetrate deeply,

And Your hand has pressed down on me and greatly disciplined me.

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There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation;

There is no health in my bones because of my sin.

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For my iniquities have gone over my head [like the waves of a flood];

As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.

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My wounds are loathsome and foul

Because of my foolishness.

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I am bent over and greatly bowed down;

I go about mourning all day long.

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For my sides are filled with burning,

And there is no health in my flesh.

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I am numb and greatly bruised [deadly cold and completely worn out];

I groan because of the disquiet and moaning of my heart.

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Lord, all my desire is before You;

And my sighing is not hidden from You.

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My heart throbs violently, my strength fails me;

And as for the light of my eyes, even that has also gone from me.

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My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague;

And my neighbors stand far away.

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Those who seek my life lay snares for me,

And those who seek to injure me threaten mischievous things and destruction;

They devise treachery all the day long.

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But I, like a deaf man, do not hear;

I am like a mute man who does not open his mouth.

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Yes, I am like a man who does not hear,

In whose mouth are no arguments.

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For in You, O LORD, I hope;

You will answer, O Lord my God.

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For I pray, “May they not rejoice over me,

Who, when my foot slips, would boast against me.”

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For I am ready to fall;

My sorrow is continually before me.

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For I do confess my guilt and iniquity;

I am filled with anxiety because of my sin.

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But my [numerous] enemies are vigorous and strong,

And those who hate me without cause are many.

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They repay evil for good, they attack and try to kill me,

Because I follow what is good.

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Do not abandon me, O LORD;

O my God, do not be far from me.

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Make haste to help me,

O Lord, my Salvation.

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