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A PSALM OF DAVID,<\/strong><\/p>\n TO BRING TO REMEMBRANCE.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n O LORD,<\/strong><\/p>\n REBUKE ME NOT IN THY WRATH:<\/strong><\/p>\n NEITHER CHASTEN ME IN THY HOT DISPLEASURE.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n For thine arrows stick fast in me,<\/p>\n and thy hand presseth me sore.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n There is no soundness in my flesh<\/p>\n because of thine anger;<\/p>\n neither is there any rest in my bones<\/p>\n because of my sin.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For mine iniquities are gone over mine head:<\/p>\n as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n My wounds stink<\/p>\n and are corrupt<\/p>\n because of my foolishness.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I am troubled;<\/p>\n I am bowed down greatly;<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I go mourning all the day long.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease:<\/p>\n and there is no soundness in my flesh.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I am feeble and sore broken:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lord, all my desire is before thee;<\/p>\n and my groaning is not hid from thee.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n My heart panteth,<\/p>\n my strength faileth me:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n as for the light of mine eyes,<\/p>\n it also is gone from me.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore;<\/p>\n and my kinsmen stand afar off.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n They also that seek after my life lay snares for me:<\/p>\n and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things,<\/p>\n and imagine deceits all the day long.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n But I,<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n as a deaf man,<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n heard not;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n and I was as a dumb man<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n that openeth not his mouth.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Thus I was as a man that heareth not,<\/em><\/p>\n and in whose mouth are no reproofs.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n For in thee,<\/p>\n O LORD,<\/p>\n do I hope:<\/p>\n thou wilt hear,<\/p>\n O Lord my God.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For I said,<\/p>\n Hear me,<\/p>\n lest otherwise they should rejoice over me:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n when my foot slippeth,<\/p>\n they magnify themselves against me.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For I am ready to halt,<\/p>\n and my sorrow is continually before me.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For I will declare mine iniquity;<\/p>\n I will be sorry for my sin.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n But mine enemies are lively,<\/p>\n and they are strong:<\/p>\n and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n They also that render evil for good<\/p>\n are mine adversaries;<\/p>\n because I follow the thing that good is.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Forsake me not,<\/p>\n O LORD:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n O my God,<\/p>\n be not far from me.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Make haste to help me,<\/p>\n O Lord my salvation.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n next<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n prev<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A PSALM OF DAVID, TO BRING TO REMEMBRANCE. O LORD, REBUKE ME NOT IN THY WRATH: NEITHER CHASTEN ME IN THY HOT DISPLEASURE. For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. … Continue reading Psalm 38<\/em><\/h6>\n