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When I refused to confess my sin,
    my body wasted away,
    and I groaned all day long.

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When I kept silent,(A)
    my bones wasted away(B)
    through my groaning(C) all day long.

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I am exhausted and completely crushed.
    My groans come from an anguished heart.

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I am feeble and utterly crushed;(A)
    I groan(B) in anguish of heart.(C)

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Because of your anger, my whole body is sick;
    my health is broken because of my sins.

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Because of your wrath there is no health(A) in my body;
    there is no soundness in my bones(B) because of my sin.

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And though I cry and shout,
    he has shut out my prayers.

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Even when I call out or cry for help,(A)
    he shuts out my prayer.(B)

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Psalm 22

For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be sung to the tune “Doe of the Dawn.”

My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
    Why are you so far away when I groan for help?

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Psalm 22[a]

For the director of music. To the tune of “The Doe of the Morning.” A psalm of David.

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?(A)
    Why are you so far(B) from saving me,
    so far from my cries of anguish?(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 22:1 In Hebrew texts 22:1-31 is numbered 22:2-32.

14 They do not cry out to me with sincere hearts.
    Instead, they sit on their couches and wail.
They cut themselves,[a] begging foreign gods for grain and new wine,
    and they turn away from me.

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Footnotes

  1. 7:14 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads They gather together.

14 They do not cry out to me from their hearts(A)
    but wail on their beds.
They slash themselves,[a] appealing to their gods
    for grain and new wine,(B)
    but they turn away from me.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 7:14 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts They gather together

13 People who conceal their sins will not prosper,
    but if they confess and turn from them, they will receive mercy.

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13 Whoever conceals their sins(A) does not prosper,
    but the one who confesses(B) and renounces them finds mercy.(C)

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30 My skin has turned dark,
    and my bones burn with fever.

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30 My skin grows black(A) and peels;(B)
    my body burns with fever.(C)

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Oh, give me back my joy again;
    you have broken me—
    now let me rejoice.

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Let me hear joy and gladness;(A)
    let the bones(B) you have crushed rejoice.

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15 He persuaded a local farmer to hire him, and the man sent him into his fields to feed the pigs. 16 The young man became so hungry that even the pods he was feeding the pigs looked good to him. But no one gave him anything.

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15 So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.(A) 16 He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.

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He has made my skin and flesh grow old.
    He has broken my bones.

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He has made my skin and my flesh grow old(A)
    and has broken my bones.(B)

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Judah has been led away into captivity,
    oppressed with cruel slavery.
She lives among foreign nations
    and has no place of rest.
Her enemies have chased her down,
    and she has nowhere to turn.

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After affliction and harsh labor,
    Judah has gone into exile.(A)
She dwells among the nations;
    she finds no resting place.(B)
All who pursue her have overtaken her(C)
    in the midst of her distress.

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18 I have heard Israel[a] saying,
‘You disciplined me severely,
    like a calf that needs training for the yoke.
Turn me again to you and restore me,
    for you alone are the Lord my God.
19 I turned away from God,
    but then I was sorry.
I kicked myself for my stupidity!
    I was thoroughly ashamed of all I did in my younger days.’

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Footnotes

  1. 31:18 Hebrew Ephraim, referring to the northern kingdom of Israel; also in 31:20.

18 “I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning:
    ‘You disciplined(A) me like an unruly calf,(B)
    and I have been disciplined.
Restore(C) me, and I will return,
    because you are the Lord my God.
19 After I strayed,(D)
    I repented;
after I came to understand,
    I beat(E) my breast.
I was ashamed(F) and humiliated
    because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’(G)

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