## Do Not Forsake Me, O Yahweh 

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O Yahweh, reprove me not in Your wrath, And discipline me not in Your burning anger. 

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For Your arrows have pressed deep into me, And Your hand has pressed down upon me. 

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

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

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My wounds stink _and_ rot Because of my folly. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Those who search for my life lay snares _for me_; And those who seek _to do_ me evil have threatened destruction, And they meditate on deception all day long. 

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

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

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For I wait on You, O Yahweh; You will answer, O Lord my God. 

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For I said, "_Save_, lest they be glad over me, _Who_, when my foot stumbles, magnify themselves against me." 

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

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

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But my enemies are vigorous _and_ strong, And those who wrongfully hate me abound. 

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And those who repay evil for good, They accuse me, for I pursue what is good. 

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

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