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For remembrance.</p> <p class="chsect">I</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23038002" class="ver">2</span><span class="tetr">Lord</span>, do not punish me in your anger;</p> <p class="sl1">in your wrath do not chastise me!<a id="ren23038002-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23038002-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23038003" class="ver">3</span>Your arrows have sunk deep in me;<a id="ren23038003-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23038003-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl1">your hand has come down upon me.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23038004" class="ver">4</span>There is no wholesomeness in my flesh because of your anger;</p> <p class="sl1">there is no health in my bones because of my sin.<a id="ren23038004-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23038004-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23038005" class="ver">5</span>My iniquities overwhelm me,</p> <p class="sl1">a burden too heavy for me.<a id="ren23038005-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23038005-d">d</a></p> </div> <p class="chsect">II</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23038006" class="ver">6</span>Foul and festering are my sores</p> <p class="sl1">because of my folly.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23038007" class="ver">7</span>I am stooped and deeply bowed;<a id="ren23038007-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23038007-e">e</a></p> <p class="sl1">every day I go about mourning.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23038008" class="ver">8</span>My loins burn with fever;</p> <p class="sl1">there is no wholesomeness in my flesh.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23038009" class="ver">9</span>I am numb and utterly crushed;</p> <p class="sl1">I wail with anguish of heart.<a id="ren23038009-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23038009-f">f</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23038010" class="ver">10</span>My Lord, my deepest yearning is before you;</p> <p class="sl1">my groaning is not hidden from you.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23038011" class="ver">11</span>My heart shudders, my strength forsakes me;</p> <p class="sl1">the very light of my eyes has failed.<a id="ren23038011-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23038011-g">g</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23038012" class="ver">12</span>Friends and companions shun my disease;</p> <p class="sl1">my neighbors stand far off.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23038013" class="ver">13</span>Those who seek my life lay snares for me;</p> <p class="sl1">they seek my misfortune, they speak of ruin;</p> <p class="sl1">they plot treachery every day.</p> </div> <p class="chsect">III</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23038014" class="ver">14</span>But I am like the deaf, hearing nothing,</p> <p class="sl1">like the mute, I do not open my mouth,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23038015" class="ver">15</span>I am even like someone who does not hear,</p> <p class="sl1">who has no answer ready.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23038016" class="ver">16</span><span class="tetr">Lord</span>, it is for you that I wait;</p> <p class="sl1">O Lord, my God, you respond.<a id="ren23038016-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23038016-h">h</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23038017" class="ver">17</span>For I have said that they would gloat over me,</p> <p class="sl1">exult over me if I stumble.</p> </div> <p class="chsect">IV</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23038018" class="ver">18</span>I am very near to falling;</p> <p class="sl1">my wounds are with me always.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23038019" class="ver">19</span>I acknowledge my guilt</p> <p class="sl1">and grieve over my sin.<a id="ren23038019-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23038019-i">i</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23038020" class="ver">20</span>My enemies live and grow strong,</p> <p class="sl1">those who hate me grow numerous fraudulently,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23038021" class="ver">21</span>Repaying me evil for good,</p> <p class="sl1">accusing me for pursuing good.<a id="ren23038021-j" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23038021-j">j</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23038022" class="ver">22</span>Do not forsake me, O <span class="tetr">Lord</span>;</p> <p class="sl1">my God, be not far from me!<a id="ren23038022-k" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23038022-k">k</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23038023" class="ver">23</span>Come quickly to help me,<a id="ren23038023-l" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23038023-l">l</a></p> <p class="sl1">my Lord and my salvation!</p> </div> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 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