Job 10:2
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2 I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me;
let me know why you contend against me.(A)
Psalm 143:2
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2 Do not enter into judgment with your servant,
for no one living is righteous before you.(A)
Job 9:29
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29 I shall be condemned;
why then do I labor in vain?(A)
1 Corinthians 11:31-32
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31 But if we judged ourselves, we would not be judged.(A) 32 But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined[a] so that we may not be condemned along with the world.(B)
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- 11.32 Or When we are judged, we are being disciplined by the Lord
Romans 8:1
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Life in the Spirit
8 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.(A)
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Lamentations 5:16-17
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16 The crown has fallen from our head;
woe to us, for we have sinned!
17 Because of this our hearts are sick;
because of these things our eyes have grown dim:(A)
Lamentations 3:40-42
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40 Let us test and examine our ways
and return to the Lord.(A)
41 Let us lift up our hearts as well as our hands
to God in heaven.(B)
42 We have transgressed and rebelled,
and you have not forgiven.(C)
Psalm 109:21
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21 But you, O Lord my Lord,
act on my behalf for your name’s sake;
because your steadfast love is good, deliver me.(A)
Psalm 38:1-8
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Psalm 38
A Penitent Sufferer’s Plea for Healing
A Psalm of David, for the memorial offering.
1 O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger
or discipline me in your wrath.(A)
2 For your arrows have sunk into me,
and your hand has come down on me.(B)
3 There is no soundness in my flesh
because of your indignation;
there is no health in my bones
because of my sin.(C)
4 For my iniquities have gone over my head;
they weigh like a burden too heavy for me.(D)
5 My wounds grow foul and fester
because of my foolishness;(E)
6 I am utterly bowed down and prostrate;
all day long I go around mourning.(F)
7 For my loins are filled with burning,
and there is no soundness in my flesh.(G)
8 I am utterly spent and crushed;
I groan because of the tumult of my heart.(H)
Psalm 25:7
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7 Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions;
according to your steadfast love remember me,
for the sake of your goodness, O Lord!(A)
Psalm 6:1-4
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Psalm 6
Prayer for Recovery from Grave Illness
To the leader: with stringed instruments; according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David.
1 O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger
or discipline me in your wrath.(A)
2 Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing;
O Lord, heal me, for my bones are shaking with terror.(B)
3 My soul also is struck with terror,
while you, O Lord—how long?(C)
4 Turn, O Lord, save my life;
deliver me for the sake of your steadfast love.
Job 34:31-32
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31 “For has anyone said to God,
‘I have endured punishment; I will not offend any more;
32 teach me what I do not see;
if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more’?(A)
Job 8:5-6
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5 If you will seek God
and make supplication to the Almighty,[a](A)
6 if you are pure and upright,
surely then he will rouse himself for you
and restore to you your rightful place.(B)
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- 8.5 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
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