| King James Bible | Berean Study Bible |
| 1A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. | 1A Psalm of David, for remembrance. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath. |
| 2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. | 2For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me. |
| 3There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. | 3There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin. |
| 4For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. | 4For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear. |
| 5My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness. | 5My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly. |
| 6I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. | 6I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning. |
| 7For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh. | 7For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body. |
| 8I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart. | 8I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart. |
| 9Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee. | 9O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You. |
| 10My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. | 10My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded. |
| 11My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off. | 11My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance. |
| 12They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long. | 12Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long. |
| 13But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. | 13But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth. |
| 14Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs. | 14I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply. |
| 15For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. | 15I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God. |
| 16For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me. | 16For I said, “Let them not gloat over me—those who taunt me when my foot slips.” |
| 17For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me. | 17For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me. |
| 18For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. | 18Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin. |
| 19But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. | 19Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason. |
| 20They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is. | 20Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good. |
| 21Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me. | 21Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God. |
| 22Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation. | 22Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior. |
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