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Psalm 38:7-21 American Standard Version (ASV)

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

8. I am faint and sore bruised: I have groaned by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

9. Lord, all my desire is before thee; And my groaning is not hid from thee.

10. My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me: As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

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

12. They also that seek after my life lay snares for me; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.

13. But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

14. Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs.

15. For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope: Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.

16. For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

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

18. For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

19. But mine enemies are lively, and are strong; And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

20. They also that render evil for good Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.

21. Forsake me not, O Jehovah: O my God, be not far from me.

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