For while I held my tongue, my bones consumed away through my daily complaining.

{To the Chanter, upon Aijeleth of the dawning, a Psalm of David} My God, my God: why hast thou forsaken me, and art so far from my health and from the words of my complaint?

I am feeble and sore smitten, I roar for the very disquietness of my heart.

And they heard the voice of the LORD God as he walked in the garden in the cool of the day. And Adam hid himself and his wife also from the face of the LORD God, among the trees of the garden.

and took their bones and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

and she was his wife and bare him a son. But the deed that David had committed displeased the LORD.

he went and took the bones of Saul, and of Jonathan his son, and of the men of Jabesh in Gilead, which they had stolen from the street of Bet-Shean, where the Philistines had hanged them in the days when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa.

For my sighs come before I eat, and my roarings fall out like flowing water.

My bones are pierced through in the night season, and my sinews take no rest.

My skin upon me is turned to black, and my bones are burnt with heat;

Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am weak; O LORD, heal me, for my bones are vexed.

Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble, and mine eye is consumed for very heaviness, yea my soul and my body.

There is no health in my flesh, because of thy displeasure; neither is there any rest in my bones, by reason of my sin.

Oh let me hear of joy and gladness, that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

For my days are consumed away like smoke, and my bones are burnt up as it were a firebrand.

He that hideth his sins, shall not prosper; but who so knowledgeth them and forsaketh them, shall have mercy.

Thy sons lie comfortless at the head of every street like a taken venison, and are full of the terrible wrath of the LORD, and punishment of thy God.

I am wroth with him for his covetousness and lust, I smite him, I hide me, and am angry, when he turneth himself, and followeth the byway of his own heart.

We roar all like Bears, and mourn still like doves. We look for equity, but there is none; for health, but it is far from us.

Moreover, I heard Ephraim, that was led away captive, complain on this manner, 'O LORD, thou hast corrected me, and thy chastening have I received, as an untamed calf. Convert thou me, and I shall be converted, for thou art my LORD God.

{Gimel} Judah is taken prisoner, because she was defiled: and for serving so many strange gods, she dwelleth now among the heathen. She findeth no rest: all they that persecuted her, took her in strait places where she could not escape.

{Beth} My flesh and my skin hath he made old, my bones hath he bruised.

Though I cry and call piteously, yet heareth he not my prayer.

They call not upon me with their hearts, but lie howling upon their beds. Whereas they come together, it is but for meat and drink, and me will they not obey.

And he went, and clave to a citizen of that same country, which sent him to his field, to keep his swine.

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And they heard the voice of the LORD God as he walked in the garden in the cool of the day. And Adam hid himself and his wife also from the face of the LORD God, among the trees of the garden.
and took their bones and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
and she was his wife and bare him a son. But the deed that David had committed displeased the LORD.
And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him and said unto him, "There were two men in one city, a rich and a poor.
he went and took the bones of Saul, and of Jonathan his son, and of the men of Jabesh in Gilead, which they had stolen from the street of Bet-Shean, where the Philistines had hanged them in the days when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa.
He that hideth his sins, shall not prosper; but who so knowledgeth them and forsaketh them, shall have mercy.
I am wroth with him for his covetousness and lust, I smite him, I hide me, and am angry, when he turneth himself, and followeth the byway of his own heart.
Moreover, I heard Ephraim, that was led away captive, complain on this manner, 'O LORD, thou hast corrected me, and thy chastening have I received, as an untamed calf. Convert thou me, and I shall be converted, for thou art my LORD God.
And he went, and clave to a citizen of that same country, which sent him to his field, to keep his swine.

Bones

Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am weak; O LORD, heal me, for my bones are vexed.
Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble, and mine eye is consumed for very heaviness, yea my soul and my body.
There is no health in my flesh, because of thy displeasure; neither is there any rest in my bones, by reason of my sin.
Oh let me hear of joy and gladness, that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
For my days are consumed away like smoke, and my bones are burnt up as it were a firebrand.
My bones are pierced through in the night season, and my sinews take no rest.
{Gimel} Judah is taken prisoner, because she was defiled: and for serving so many strange gods, she dwelleth now among the heathen. She findeth no rest: all they that persecuted her, took her in strait places where she could not escape.
{Beth} My flesh and my skin hath he made old, my bones hath he bruised.

Roaring

{To the Chanter, upon Aijeleth of the dawning, a Psalm of David} My God, my God: why hast thou forsaken me, and art so far from my health and from the words of my complaint?
I am feeble and sore smitten, I roar for the very disquietness of my heart.
For my sighs come before I eat, and my roarings fall out like flowing water.
Thy sons lie comfortless at the head of every street like a taken venison, and are full of the terrible wrath of the LORD, and punishment of thy God.
We roar all like Bears, and mourn still like doves. We look for equity, but there is none; for health, but it is far from us.
Though I cry and call piteously, yet heareth he not my prayer.
They call not upon me with their hearts, but lie howling upon their beds. Whereas they come together, it is but for meat and drink, and me will they not obey.

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Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
If we had truly judged ourselves, we should not have been judged.
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