Psalms 37

1A psalm by David; for remembrance concerning the Sabbath.

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2O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, Nor chasten me in Your anger.

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3For Your arrows are fixed in me, And Your hand rests on me;

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4There is no healing in my flesh because of Your wrath; There is no peace in my bones because of my sins.

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5For my transgressions rise up over my head; Like a heavy burden they are heavy on me.

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6My wounds grow foul and fester Because of my folly.

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7I suffer misery, and I am utterly bowed down; I go all the day long with a sad face.

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8For my loins are filled with mockeries, And there is no healing in my flesh.

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9I am afflicted and greatly humbled; I roar because of the groaning of my heart.

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10O Lord, all my desire is before You, And my groaning is not hidden from You.

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11My heart is troubled; my strength fails me, And the light of my eyes, even this is not with me.

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12My friends and neighbors draw near and stand against me, And my near of kin stand far off;

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13And those who seek my soul use violence, And those who seek evil for me speak folly; And they meditate on deceit all the day long.

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14But I like a deaf man do not hear, And I am like a mute who does not open his mouth.

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15I am like a man who does not hear, And who has no reproofs in his mouth.

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16For in You, O Lord, I hope; You will hear, O Lord my God.

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17For I said, "Let not my enemies rejoice over me, For when my foot was shaken, they boasted against me."

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18For I am ready for wounds, And my pain is continually with me.

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19For I will declare my transgression, And I will be anxious about my sin.

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20But my enemies live, and are become stronger than I; And those who hate me unjustly are multiplied;

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21Those who repaid me evil for good Slandered me, because I pursue righteousness; And they threw away my love as though it were a stinking corpse.

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22Do not forsake me, O Lord; O my God, do not depart from me;

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23Give heed to help me, O Lord of my salvation.

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