Do not rebuke me in your anger
(Psalm 38:1-22)
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O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
2
Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.
3
My soul is deeply distressed. How long, O LORD, how long?
4
Turn, O LORD, and deliver my soul; save me because of Your loving devotion.
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For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?
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I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
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My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.
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Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard my weeping.
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The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.
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All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed; they will turn back in sudden disgrace.