Prayer of a Suffering Penitent.

A Psalm of David, for a memorial.

1O LORD, rebuke me not in Your wrath,
         And chasten me not in Your burning anger.

2For Your arrows have sunk deep into me,
         And Your hand has pressed down on me.

3There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation;
         There is no health in my bones because of my sin.

4For my iniquities are gone over my head;
         As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.

5My wounds grow foul and fester
         Because of my folly.

6I am bent over and greatly bowed down;
         I go mourning all day long.

7For my loins are filled with burning,
         And there is no soundness in my flesh.

8I am benumbed and badly crushed;
         I groan because of the agitation of my heart.

9Lord, all my desire is before You;
         And my sighing is not hidden from You.

10My heart throbs, my strength fails me;
         And the light of my eyes, even that has gone from me.

11My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague;
         And my kinsmen stand afar off.

12Those who seek my life lay snares for me;
         And those who seek to injure me have threatened destruction,
         And they devise treachery all day long.

13But I, like a deaf man, do not hear;
         And I am like a mute man who does not open his mouth.

14Yes, I am like a man who does not hear,
         And in whose mouth are no arguments.

15For I hope in You, O LORD;
         You will answer, O Lord my God.

16For I said, “May they not rejoice over me,
         Who, when my foot slips, would magnify themselves against me.”

17For I am ready to fall,
         And my sorrow is continually before me.

18For I confess my iniquity;
         I am full of anxiety because of my sin.

19But my enemies are vigorous and strong,
         And many are those who hate me wrongfully.

20And those who repay evil for good,
         They oppose me, because I follow what is good.

21Do not forsake me, O LORD;
         O my God, do not be far from me!

22Make haste to help me,
         O Lord, my salvation!

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American Standard Version
O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

Douay-Rheims Bible
A psalm for David, for a remembrance of the sabbath. Rebuke me not, O Lord, in thy indignation; nor chastise me in thy wrath.

Darby Bible Translation
{A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.} Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

English Revised Version
A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

Webster's Bible Translation
A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

World English Bible
Yahweh, don't rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.

Young's Literal Translation
A Psalm of David, 'To cause to remember.' Jehovah, in Thy wrath reprove me not, Nor in Thy fury chastise me."Come unto Me, all Ye that Labour, and are Wearied," &C.
Matth. xi. 28.--"Come unto me, all ye that labour, and are wearied," &c. It is the great misery of Christians in this life, that they have such poor, narrow, and limited spirits, that are not fit to receive the truth of the gospel in its full comprehension; from whence manifold misapprehensions in judgment, and stumbling in practice proceed. The beauty and life of things consist in their entire union with one another, and in the conjunction of all their parts. Therefore it would not be a fit way …
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Question Lxxxiii of Prayer
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A. C. Gaebelein—The Work Of Christ

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