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Psalms 38
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38A David psalm. Take a deep breath, GOD; calm down— don't be so hasty with your punishing rod.H4210H1732H2142H3068H3198H7110H3256H2534 2Your sharp-pointed arrows of rebuke draw blood; my backside smarts from your caning.H2671H5181H3027H5181 3I've lost twenty pounds in two months because of your accusation. My bones are brittle as dry sticks because of my sin.H4974H1320H6440H2195H7965H6106H6440H2403 4I'm swamped by my bad behavior, collapsed under gunnysacks of guilt.H5771H5674H7218H3515H4853H3513 5The cuts in my flesh stink and grow maggots because I've lived so badly.H2250H887H4743H6440H200 6And now I'm flat on my face feeling sorry for myself morning to night.H5753H7817H3966H1980H6937H3117 7All my insides are on fire, my body is a wreck.H3689H4390H7033H4974H1320 8I'm on my last legs; I've had it— my life is a vomit of groans.H6313H3966H1794H7580H5100H3820 9Lord, my longings are sitting in plain sight, my groans an old story to you.H136H8378H585H5641 10My heart's about to break; I'm a burned-out case. Cataracts blind me to God and good;H3820H5503H3581H5800H216H5869H1992H369 11old friends avoid me like the plague. My cousins never visit, my neighbors stab me in the back.H157H7453H5975H5048H5061H7138H5975H7350 12My competitors blacken my name, devoutly they pray for my ruin.H1245H5315H5367H1875H7451H1696H1942H1897H4820H3117 13But I'm deaf and mute to it all, ears shut, mouth shut.H2795H8085H483H6605H6310 14I don't hear a word they say, don't speak a word in response.H376H8085H6310H8433 15What I do, GOD, is wait for you, wait for my Lord, my God—you will answer!H3068H3176H6030H136H430 16I wait and pray so they won't laugh me off, won't smugly strut off when I stumble.H559H8055H7272H4131H1431 17I'm on the edge of losing it— the pain in my gut keeps burning.H3559H6761H4341H8548 18I'm ready to tell my story of failure, I'm no longer smug in my sin.H5046H5771H1672H2403 19My enemies are alive and in action, a lynch mob after my neck.H341H2416H6105H8130H8267H7231 20I give out good and get back evil from God-haters who can't stand a God-lover.H7999H7451H2896H7853H7291H2896 21Don't dump me, GOD; my God, don't stand me up.H5800H3068H430H7368 22Hurry and help me; I want some wide-open space in my life!H2363H5833H136H8668


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