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verse"1"
cbc"For the director, with stringed instruments, on the octave. A psalm by David."
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verse"2"
cbc"YHWH"
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verse"2"
insertion", you are my father and I, the king, am your son. I have sinned against you, and you have become angry, and you have begun to discipline me as a father disciplines his son . I accept your fatherly discipline, but I only ask that you"
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verse"2"
cbc"do not correct me in your anger"
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verse"2"
insertion"lest I die,"
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verse"2"
cbc"and do not discipline me in your wrath."
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verse"3"
insertion"Instead of anger"
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verse"3"
cbc"Have mercy on me, YHWH, for I am languishing"
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verse"3"
insertion"due to the sickness which you have brought on me as discipline for my sin, sickness being a common punishment for sin."
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verse"3"
cbc"Heal me, YHWH, for my bones have become dismayed."
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verse"3"
insertion"My sickness has brought me near death, and the nearness of death has made be deeply afraid and distressed."
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verse"4"
cbc"And my soul has become very dismayed. And you, YHWH, how long"
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verse"4"
insertion"will you continue to discipline me in your anger"
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verse"4"
cbc"?"
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verse"5"
cbc"Turn back"
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verse"5"
insertion"from your anger"
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verse"5"
cbc", YHWH. Rescue my soul"
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verse"5"
insertion"from death."
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verse"5"
cbc"Help me for the sake of your loyalty."
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verse"5"
insertion"You made a covenant with me, and you are committed to fulfilling your covenant obligations. You have said that your loyalty would never depart from my house."
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verse"6"
insertion"You should act because I am close to death. And if I die, I will not be able to praise you,"
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verse"6"
cbc"For there is no commemoration of you in the world of the dead. In Sheol, who praises you?"
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verse"6"
insertion"No one praises you in Sheol."
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verse"7"
insertion"See the desperateness of my situation; see how close to death I am."
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verse"7"
cbc"I have grown weary because of my groaning. I drench my bed every night. With my tears I melt my couch."
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verse"7"
insertion"It is as though I am already in Sheol, the place where you are not named."
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verse"8"
cbc"My eye has wasted away because of vexation. It has become weak because of all my adversaries."
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verse"8"
insertion"I am vexed because of my enemies, who have exacerbated the situation. They have interpreted my sickness as a sign of sin and divine rejection, and they seek to take advantage of my weak position."
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verse"9"
insertion"YHWH promised that his loyalty would not move away from me. So, in my authority as the king, with YHWH still on my side, I say,"
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verse"9"
cbc"Move away from me, all workers of evil."
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verse"9"
insertion"You have done evil in God's sight by opposing his anointed king. And, by opposing YHWH's anointed, you have opposed YHWH himself."
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verse"9"
cbc"For YHWH"
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verse"9"
insertion"has not rejected me. Instead, he"
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verse"9"
cbc"has heard the sound of my weeping."
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verse"10"
cbc"YHWH has heard my supplication."
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verse"10"
insertion"He will turn from anger and have mercy."
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verse"10"
cbc"YHWH will take up my request."
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verse"10"
insertion"He will heal me. This means that I will be vindicated, and it will become clear that YHWH has not rejected me as king. And, when I am vindicated, then you will be shown to be in the wrong, having opposed YHWH's rightful king. YHWH will punish you, and you will be exposed as evil-doers and public failures."
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verse"11"
insertion"YHWH, according to your justice"
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verse"11"
cbc"Let all my enemies be shamed and very dismayed"
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verse"11"
insertion"just as I was shamed and dismayed."
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verse"11"
cbc"Let them turn back. Let them be shamed in an instant."
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