Psalms 38
38
A psalm of David, asking God to remember him.
1O Lord, don’t rebuke me in your anger
or discipline me in your rage!
2Your arrows have struck deep,
and your blows are crushing me.
3Because of your anger, my whole body is sick;
my health is broken because of my sins.
4My guilt overwhelms me—
it is a burden too heavy to bear.
5My wounds fester and stink
because of my foolish sins.
6I am bent over and racked with pain.
All day long I walk around filled with grief.
7A raging fever burns within me,
and my health is broken.
8I am exhausted and completely crushed.
My groans come from an anguished heart.
9You know what I long for, Lord;
you hear my every sigh.
10My heart beats wildly, my strength fails,
and I am going blind.
11My loved ones and friends stay away, fearing my disease.
Even my own family stands at a distance.
12Meanwhile, my enemies lay traps to kill me.
Those who wish me harm make plans to ruin me.
All day long they plan their treachery.
13But I am deaf to all their threats.
I am silent before them as one who cannot speak.
14I choose to hear nothing,
and I make no reply.
15For I am waiting for you, O Lord.
You must answer for me, O Lord my God.
16I prayed, “Don’t let my enemies gloat over me
or rejoice at my downfall.”
17I am on the verge of collapse,
facing constant pain.
18But I confess my sins;
I am deeply sorry for what I have done.
19I have many aggressive enemies;
they hate me without reason.
20They repay me evil for good
and oppose me for pursuing good.
21Do not abandon me, O Lord.
Do not stand at a distance, my God.
22Come quickly to help me,
O Lord my savior.
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Psalm 38
38
Do Not Forsake Me, O Lord
A Psalm of David, #Ps. 70, title; [1 Chr. 16:4]for the memorial offering.
1O Lord, #Ps. 6:1rebuke me not in your anger,
nor discipline me in your wrath!
2For your #Job 6:4 arrows have sunk into me,
and your hand #See Ps. 32:4has come down on me.
3There is #Isa. 1:6 no soundness in my flesh
because of your indignation;
there is no health in my #See Ps. 31:10bones
because of my sin.
4For my #Ps. 40:12; Ezra 9:6iniquities have gone over my head;
like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
5My wounds stink and fester
because of my foolishness,
6I am #Ps. 35:14; 42:5, 6, 11; 43:5 utterly bowed down and #Isa. 21:3 prostrate;
all the day I #[Job 30:28]go about mourning.
7For my sides are filled with burning,
and there is #[See ver. 3 above]no soundness in my flesh.
8I am feeble and crushed;
I #See Ps. 22:1groan because of the tumult of my heart.
9O Lord, all my longing is before you;
my #Ps. 6:6sighing is not hidden from you.
10My heart throbs; my strength fails me,
and #See Ps. 6:7the light of my eyes—it also has gone from me.
11My #Ps. 88:18; See Job 19:13-20 friends and companions #[Luke 10:31, 32] stand aloof from my #Ps. 39:10; Isa. 53:4, 8 plague,
and my nearest kin #[Matt. 27:55; Mark 15:40; Luke 23:49]stand far off.
12Those who seek my life #[Matt. 22:15]; Mark 12:13; Luke 20:20; See 2 Sam. 17:1-3 lay their snares;
those who seek my hurt #[2 Sam. 16:7, 8] speak of ruin
and meditate #Ps. 35:20treachery all day long.
13But I am like a deaf man; I do not hear,
like #Ps. 39:2, 9; Isa. 53:7; 1 Pet. 2:23a mute man who does not open his mouth.
14I have become like a man who does not hear,
and in whose mouth are no #[Job 23:4]rebukes.
15But for #Ps. 39:7; [2 Sam. 16:12]you, O Lord, do I wait;
it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.
16For I said, “Only #[Ps. 13:4] let them not rejoice over me,
who #See Job 19:5 boast against me when my #Ps. 94:18foot slips!”
17For I am #Ps. 35:15; Jer. 20:10ready to fall,
and my pain is ever before me.
18I #See Ps. 32:5 confess my iniquity;
I am #[2 Cor. 7:9, 10]sorry for my sin.
19But my foes are vigorous, they are mighty,
and many are those who hate me #Ps. 35:19wrongfully.
20Those who #See Ps. 35:12 render me evil for good
#
Ps. 109:4 accuse me because I #[3 John 11]follow after good.
21Do not forsake me, O Lord!
O my God, be not #See Ps. 10:1far from me!
22 # See Ps. 40:13 Make haste to help me,
O Lord, my #See Ps. 27:1salvation!
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