¹ O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger
or discipline me in your wrath.
² Be merciful to me, LORD,
for I am faint;
O LORD, heal me,
for my bones are in agony.
³ My soul is in anguish.
How long, O LORD, how long?

⁴ Turn, O LORD, and deliver me;
save me because of your unfailing love.
⁵ No one remembers you when he is dead.
Who praises you from the grave?

⁶ I am worn out from groaning;
all night long I flood my bed with weeping
and drench my couch with tears.
⁷ My eyes grow weak with sorrow;
they fail because of all my foes.

⁸ Away from me, all you who do evil,
for the LORD has heard my weeping.
⁹ The LORD has heard my cry for mercy;
the LORD accepts my prayer.
¹⁰ All my enemies will be ashamed and
dismayed;
they will turn back in sudden disgrace.



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