I am weary from my groaning;(A)
with my tears I dampen my pillow[a]
and drench my bed every night.(B)

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  1. Psalm 6:6 Lit bed

I am worn out(A) from my groaning.(B)

All night long I flood my bed with weeping(C)
    and drench my couch with tears.(D)

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Psalm 22

From Suffering to Praise

For the choir director: according to “The Deer of the Dawn.”[a] A Davidic psalm.

My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?(A)
Why are You so far from my deliverance(B)
and from my words of groaning?[b](C)

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  1. Psalm 22:1 Perhaps a musical term
  2. Psalm 22:1 Or My words of groaning are so far from delivering me

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

14 I am poured out like water,(A)
and all my bones are disjointed;(B)
my heart is like wax,
melting within me.(C)

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14 I am poured out like water,
    and all my bones are out of joint.(A)
My heart has turned to wax;(B)
    it has melted(C) within me.

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When I kept silent, my bones became brittle
from my groaning all day long.(A)

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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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