Psalm 31:10

New International Version

¹⁰My life is consumed by anguish^(A)
and my years by groaning;^(B)
my strength fails^(C) because of my affliction,^[a]^(D)
and my bones grow weak.^(E)

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Psalm 31:10 Or guilt

Psalm 31:10 in all English translations

Psalm 38:2-6

New International Version

²Your arrows^(A) have pierced me,
    and your hand has come down on me.
³Because of your wrath there is no health^(B) in my body;
    there is no soundness in my bones^(C) because of my sin.
⁴My guilt has overwhelmed^(D) me
    like a burden too heavy to bear.^(E)

⁵My wounds^(F) fester and are loathsome^(G)
because of my sinful folly.^(H)
⁶I am bowed down^(I) and brought very low;
all day long I go about mourning.^(J)

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Psalm 51:1-4

New International Version

Psalm 51^[a]

For the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.^(A)

¹Have mercy^(B) on me, O God,
    according to your unfailing love;^(C)
according to your great compassion^(D)
    blot out^(E) my transgressions.^(F)
²Wash away^(G) all my iniquity
    and cleanse^(H) me from my sin.

³For I know my transgressions,
    and my sin is always before me.^(I)
⁴Against you, you only, have I sinned^(J)
    and done what is evil in your sight;^(K)
so you are right in your verdict
    and justified when you judge.^(L)

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Psalm 51:1 In Hebrew texts 51:1-19 is numbered 51:3-21.

Psalm 51:7-17

New International Version

⁷Cleanse^(A) me with hyssop,^(B) and I will be clean;
    wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.^(C)
⁸Let me hear joy and gladness;^(D)
    let the bones^(E) you have crushed rejoice.
⁹Hide your face from my sins^(F)
    and blot out^(G) all my iniquity.

¹⁰Create in me a pure heart,^(H) O God,
    and renew a steadfast spirit within me.^(I)
¹¹Do not cast me^(J) from your presence^(K)
    or take your Holy Spirit^(L) from me.
¹²Restore to me the joy of your salvation^(M)
    and grant me a willing spirit,^(N) to sustain me.^(O)

¹³Then I will teach transgressors your ways,^(P)
    so that sinners^(Q) will turn back to you.^(R)
¹⁴Deliver me^(S) from the guilt of bloodshed,^(T) O God,
    you who are God my Savior,^(U)
    and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.^(V)
¹⁵Open my lips, Lord,^(W)
    and my mouth will declare your praise.
¹⁶You do not delight in sacrifice,^(X) or I would bring it;
    you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
¹⁷My sacrifice,^(Y) O God, is^[a] a broken spirit;
    a broken and contrite heart^(Z)
    you, God, will not despise.

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Psalm 51:17 Or The sacrifices of God are

Proverbs 1:25-27

New International Version

²⁵since you disregard all my advice
    and do not accept my rebuke,
²⁶I in turn will laugh^(A) when disaster^(B) strikes you;
    I will mock^(C) when calamity overtakes you^(D)—
²⁷when calamity overtakes you like a storm,
    when disaster^(E) sweeps over you like a whirlwind,
    when distress and trouble overwhelm you.

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Proverbs 5:7-13

New International Version

⁷Now then, my sons, listen^(A) to me;
    do not turn aside from what I say.
⁸Keep to a path far from her,^(B)
    do not go near the door of her house,
⁹lest you lose your honor to others
    and your dignity^[a] to one who is cruel,
¹⁰lest strangers feast on your wealth
    and your toil enrich the house of another.^(C)
¹¹At the end of your life you will groan,
    when your flesh and body are spent.
¹²You will say, “How I hated discipline!
    How my heart spurned correction!^(D)
¹³I would not obey my teachers
    or turn my ear to my instructors.