Greek Psalm 37

My Friends and Neighbours Stood Far Off

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37:1A psalm of David, for remembrance concerning the Sabbath.

37:2Lord, do not rebuke me in Your fury,

nor discipline me in Your anger.

37:3For Your arrows became lodged in me,

and You pressed Your hand upon me.

37:4There is no healing in my flesh because of Your anger;

there is no peace for my bones because of my sins.

37:5For my lawless deeds rose above my head;

like a heavy load they weighed upon me.

37:6My bruises stank and rotted

because of my foolishness.

37:7I suffered misery and was bent down completely;

all day long I walked about downcast.

37:8For my loins were filled with mockings,

and there is no healing in my flesh.

37:9I was afflicted and humbled exceedingly;

I roared from the groaning of my heart.

37:10Lord, all my desire is before You,

and my groaning was not hidden from You.

37:11My heart was troubled; my strength abandoned me;

and the light of my eyes—even that is not with me.

37:12My friends and neighbors approached and stood opposite me,

and those nearest me stood far away.

37:13Those seeking my soul used violence;

those seeking evils for me spoke vain things

and meditated on deceptions all day long.

37:14But like a deaf person I did not hear,

like one unable to speak who does not open his mouth.

37:15I became like a person who does not hear

and has no rebukes in his mouth.

37:16For I hoped in You, Lord;

You will hear, Lord my God.

37:17For I said, “Let my enemies never rejoice over me!”

When my feet were shaken, they boasted against me.

37:18For I am ready for scourges,

and my pain is continually before me.

37:19For I will announce my lawlessness

and be concerned about my sin.

37:20But my enemies live and have become stronger than I,

and those hating me unjustly have multiplied.

37:21Those repaying evils for good things slandered me

because I pursued righteousness,

and they cast me, the beloved, away like an abhorred corpse.

37:22Do not abandon me, Lord;

my God, do not depart from me.

37:23Attend to my aid,

Lord of my salvation.

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