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Venerdi, 29 marzo 2024 - Santi Simplicio e Costantino ( Letture di oggi)

Psalms 38


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1A psalm of David. For remembrance.2LORD, punish me no more in your anger; in your wrath do not chastise me!3Your arrows have sunk deep in me; your hand has come down upon me.4My flesh is afflicted because of your anger; my frame aches because of my sin.5My iniquities overwhelm me, a burden beyond my strength.6Foul and festering are my sores because of my folly.7I am stooped and deeply bowed; all day I go about mourning.8My loins burn with fever; my flesh is afflicted.9I am numb and utterly crushed; I wail with anguish of heart.10My Lord, my deepest yearning is before you; my groaning is not hidden from you.11My heart shudders, my strength forsakes me; the very light of my eyes has failed.12Friends and companions shun my pain; my neighbors stand far off.13Those who seek my life lay snares for me; they seek my misfortune, they speak of ruin; they plot treachery all the day.14But I am like the deaf, hearing nothing, like the dumb, saying nothing,15Like someone who does not hear, who has no answer ready.16LORD, I wait for you; O Lord, my God, answer me.17For I fear they will gloat, exult over me if I stumble.18I am very near to falling; my pain is with me always.19I acknowledge my guilt and grieve over my sin.20But many are my foes without cause, a multitude of enemies without reason,21Repaying me evil for good, harassing me for pursuing good.22Forsake me not, O LORD; my God, be not far from me!23Come quickly to help me, my Lord and my salvation!