KJV-Parallel Bibles
1. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
2. For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
3. There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
4. For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
5. My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
6. I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
7. For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
8. I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
9. Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
10. My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
11. My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
12. They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt 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 openeth not his mouth.
14. Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15. For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
16. For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
17. For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
18. For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
19. But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
20. They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
21. Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
22. Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
1. <A Psalm. Of David. To keep in memory.> O Lord, be not bitter with me in your wrath; let not your hand be on me in the heat of your passion.
2. For your arrows have gone into my flesh, and I am crushed under the weight of your hand.
3. My flesh is wasted because of your wrath; and there is no peace in my bones because of my sin.
4. For my crimes have gone over my head; they are like a great weight which is more than my strength.
5. My wounds are poisoned and evil-smelling, because of my foolish behaviour.
6. I am troubled, I am made low; I go weeping all the day.
7. For my body is full of burning; all my flesh is unhealthy.
8. I am feeble and crushed down; I gave a cry like a lion because of the grief in my heart.
9. Lord, all my desire is before you; my sorrow is not kept secret from you.
10. My heart goes out in pain, my strength is wasting away; as for the light of my eyes, it is gone from me.
11. My lovers and my friends keep away from my disease; my relations keep far away.
12. Those who have a desire to take my life put nets for me; those who are designing my destruction say evil things against me, all the day their minds are full of deceit.
13. But I kept my ears shut like a man without hearing; like a man without a voice, never opening his mouth.
14. So I was like a man whose ears are shut, and in whose mouth there are no sharp words.
15. In you, O Lord, is my hope: you will give me an answer, O Lord, my God.
16. I said, Let them not be glad over me; when my foot is moved, let them not be lifted up with pride against me.
17. My feet are near to falling, and my sorrow is ever before me.
18. I will make clear my wrongdoing, with sorrow in my heart for my sin.
19. But they are strong who have hate for me without cause: those who are against me falsely are increased in numbers.
20. They give me back evil for good; they are my haters because I go after the thing which is right.
21. Do not give me up, O Lord; O my God, be near to me.
22. Come quickly to give me help, O Lord, my salvation.
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