Psalms 38
38
A Prayer in Time of Sickness
A song of David to remember.
1Lord, don’t correct me when you are angry.
Don’t punish me when you are very angry.
2Your arrows have wounded me.
Your hand has come down on me.
3My body is sick from your punishment.
Even my bones are not healthy because of my sin.
4My guilt has overwhelmed me.
Like a load it weighs me down.
5My sores stink and become infected
because I was foolish.
6I am bent over and bowed down.
I am sad all day long.
7I am burning with fever.
My whole body is sore.
8I am weak and faint.
I moan from the pain I feel.
9Lord, you know everything I want.
My cries are not hidden from you.
10My heart pounds, and my strength is gone.
I am losing my sight.
11Because of my wounds, my friends and neighbors leave me alone.
My relatives stay far away.
12Some people set traps to kill me.
Those who want to hurt me plan trouble.
All day long they think up lies.
13I am like a deaf man; I cannot hear.
Like a mute, I cannot speak.
14I am like a person who does not hear.
I have no answer to give.
15I trust you, Lord.
You will answer, my God and Lord.
16I said, “Don’t let them laugh at me.
Don’t let them brag when I am defeated.”
17I am about to die.
I cannot forget my pain.
18I confess my guilt.
I am troubled by my sin.
19My enemies are strong and healthy.
Many people hate me for no reason.
20They repay me with evil for the good I did.
They lie about me because I try to do good.
21Lord, don’t leave me.
My God, don’t go away.
22Quickly come and help me,
my Lord and Savior.
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Psalms 38
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PSALM 38
A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.
1Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. 2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand cometh down upon me. 3There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; no peace in my bones, because of my sin. 4For mine iniquities are gone over my head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. 5My wounds stink, they are corrupt, because of my foolishness. 6I am depressed; I am bowed down beyond measure; I go mourning all the day. 7For my loins are full of burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh. 8I am faint and broken beyond measure; I roar by reason of the agitation of my heart. 9Lord, all my desire is before thee, and my sighing is not hid from thee. 10My heart throbbeth, my strength hath left me; and the light of mine eyes, it also is no more with me. 11My lovers and mine associates stand aloof from my stroke; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
12And they that seek after my life lay snares for me; and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all the day long. 13But I, as a deaf man, hear not; and am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. 14Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs. 15For in thee, Jehovah, do I hope: thou wilt answer, O Lord my God#GodHebrew: Elohim 16For I said, Let them not rejoice over me! When my foot slipped, they magnified themselves against me. 17For I am ready to halt, and my pain is continually before me. 18For I will declare mine iniquity, I am grieved for my sin. 19But mine enemies are lively, they are strong; and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied: 20And they that render evil for good are adversaries unto me; because I pursue what is good. 21Forsake me not, Jehovah; O my God#GodHebrew: Elohim be not far from me. 22Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation.
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First published in 1890. This edition is maintained by the British and Foreign Bible Society.