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19 They are also chastened with pain upon their beds
    and with continual strife in their bones,(A)

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19 “Or someone may be chastened(A) on a bed of pain(B)
    with constant distress in their bones,(C)

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17 The night racks my bones,
    and the pain that gnaws me takes no rest.

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

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32 But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined[a] so that we may not be condemned along with the world.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 11.32 Or When we are judged, we are being disciplined by the Lord

32 Nevertheless, when we are judged in this way by the Lord, we are being disciplined(A) so that we will not be finally condemned with the world.(B)

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71 It is good for me that I was humbled,
    so that I might learn your statutes.

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71 It was good for me to be afflicted(A)
    so that I might learn your decrees.

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17 “How happy is the one whom God reproves;
    therefore do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.[a](A)
18 For he wounds, but he binds up;
    he strikes, but his hands heal.(B)

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  1. 5.17 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai

17 “Blessed is the one whom God corrects;(A)
    so do not despise the discipline(B) of the Almighty.[a](C)
18 For he wounds, but he also binds up;(D)
    he injures, but his hands also heal.(E)

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  1. Job 5:17 Hebrew Shaddai; here and throughout Job

19 I reprove and discipline those whom I love. Be earnest, therefore, and repent.(A)

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19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline.(A) So be earnest and repent.(B)

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12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them, the nations that my predecessors destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar?(A) 13 Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of Laar, Sepharvaim, Hena, or Ivvah?”

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12 Did the gods of the nations that were destroyed by my predecessors(A) deliver them—the gods of Gozan, Harran,(B) Rezeph and the people of Eden(C) who were in Tel Assar? 13 Where is the king of Hamath or the king of Arpad?(D) Where are the kings of Lair, Sepharvaim,(E) Hena and Ivvah?”(F)

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Therefore by this the guilt of Jacob will be expiated,
    and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin:
when he makes all the stones of the altars
    like chalkstones crushed to pieces;
    no sacred poles[a] or incense altars will remain standing.(A)

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  1. 27.9 Heb Asherahs

By this, then, will Jacob’s guilt be atoned(A) for,
    and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin:(B)
When he makes all the altar stones(C)
    to be like limestone crushed to pieces,
no Asherah poles[a](D) or incense altars(E)
    will be left standing.

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  1. Isaiah 27:9 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah

67 Before I was humbled I went astray,
    but now I keep your word.(A)

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67 Before I was afflicted(A) I went astray,(B)
    but now I obey your word.(C)

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12 Happy are those whom you discipline, O Lord,
    and whom you teach out of your law,(A)

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12 Blessed is the one you discipline,(A) Lord,
    the one you teach(B) from your law;

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Psalm 38

A Penitent Sufferer’s Plea for Healing

A Psalm of David, for the memorial offering.

O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger
    or discipline me in your wrath.(A)
For your arrows have sunk into me,
    and your hand has come down on me.(B)

There is no soundness in my flesh
    because of your indignation;
there is no health in my bones
    because of my sin.(C)
For my iniquities have gone over my head;
    they weigh like a burden too heavy for me.(D)

My wounds grow foul and fester
    because of my foolishness;(E)
I am utterly bowed down and prostrate;
    all day long I go around mourning.(F)
For my loins are filled with burning,
    and there is no soundness in my flesh.(G)
I am utterly spent and crushed;
    I groan because of the tumult of my heart.(H)

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Psalm 38[a]

A psalm of David. A petition.

Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger
    or discipline me in your wrath.(A)
Your arrows(B) have pierced me,
    and your hand has come down on me.
Because of your wrath there is no health(C) in my body;
    there is no soundness in my bones(D) because of my sin.
My guilt has overwhelmed(E) me
    like a burden too heavy to bear.(F)

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

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 38:1 In Hebrew texts 38:1-22 is numbered 38:2-23.

11 Their bodies, once full of youth,
    will lie down in the dust with them.(A)

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11 The youthful vigor(A) that fills his bones(B)
    will lie with him in the dust.(C)

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When I lie down I say, ‘When shall I rise?’
    But the night is long,
    and I am full of tossing until dawn.(A)

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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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