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

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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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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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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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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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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

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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