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The Book of Psalms, Chapter 38, Verse 18

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For I [am] ready to halt, and my sorrow [is] continually before me.
King James Version
For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
American Standard Version
For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
New English Translation
Yes, I confess my wrongdoing, and I am concerned about my sins.
World English Bible
For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin.
19
But mine enemies [are] lively, [and] they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
20
They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow [the thing that] good [is].
21
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
22
Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
1
To the chief Musician, [even] to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
2
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, [even] from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
3
My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: [then] spake I with my tongue,
4
LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it [is; that] I may know how frail I [am].
5
Behold, thou hast made my days [as] an handbreadth; and mine age [is] as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state [is] altogether vanity. Selah.
6
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.