17 Night pierces my bones;
    my gnawing pains never rest.(A)

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17 My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.

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13 I waited patiently(A) till dawn,
    but like a lion he broke(B) all my bones;(C)
    day and night(D) you made an end of me.

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13 I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

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Have mercy on me,(A) Lord, for I am faint;(B)
    heal me,(C) Lord, for my bones are in agony.(D)
My soul is in deep anguish.(E)
    How long,(F) Lord, how long?

Turn,(G) Lord, and deliver me;
    save me because of your unfailing love.(H)
Among the dead no one proclaims your name.
    Who praises you from the grave?(I)

I am worn out(J) from my groaning.(K)

All night long I flood my bed with weeping(L)
    and drench my couch with tears.(M)

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Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am weak: O Lord, heal me; for my bones are vexed.

My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O Lord, how long?

Return, O Lord, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake.

For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?

I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.

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19 “Or someone may be chastened(A) on a bed of pain(B)
    with constant distress in their bones,(C)
20 so that their body finds food(D) repulsive
    and their soul loathes the choicest meal.(E)
21 Their flesh wastes away to nothing,
    and their bones,(F) once hidden, now stick out.(G)

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19 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:

20 So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.

21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.

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Your arrows(A) have pierced me,
    and your hand has come down on me.
Because of your wrath there is no health(B) in my body;
    there is no soundness in my bones(C) because of my sin.
My guilt has overwhelmed(D) me
    like a burden too heavy to bear.(E)

My wounds(F) fester and are loathsome(G)
    because of my sinful folly.(H)
I am bowed down(I) and brought very low;
    all day long I go about mourning.(J)
My back is filled with searing pain;(K)
    there is no health(L) in my body.
I am feeble and utterly crushed;(M)
    I groan(N) in anguish of heart.(O)

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For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.

I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.

I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

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My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,(A)
    by night,(B) but I find no rest.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 22:2 Or night, and am not silent

O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

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When I lie down I think, ‘How long before I get up?’(A)
    The night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.(B)

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When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

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