Psalms 38

Psalm 38

A psalm of David. For the memorial offering.

1Please, LORD, don’t punish me when you are mad;

don’t discipline me when you are furious.

2Your arrows have pierced me;

your fist has come down hard on me.

3There’s nothing in my body that isn’t broken

because of your rage;

there’s no health in my bones

because of my sin.

4My wrongdoings are stacked higher than my head;

they are a weight that’s way too heavy for me.

5My wounds reek; they are all infected

because of my stupidity.

6I am hunched over, completely down;

I wander around all day long, sad.

7My insides are burning up;

there’s nothing in my body that isn’t broken.

8I’m worn out, completely crushed;

I groan because of my miserable heart.

9Everything I long for is laid out before you, my Lord;

my sighs aren’t hidden from you.

10My heart pounds; my strength abandons me.

Even the light of my eyes is gone.

11My loved ones and friends keep their distance

from me in my sickness;

those who were near me now stay far away.

12Those who want me dead lay traps;

those who want me harmed utter threats,

muttering lies all day long.

13But I’m like someone who is deaf,

who can’t hear;

like someone who can’t speak,

whose mouth won’t open.

14I’ve become like a person

who doesn’t hear what is being said,

whose mouth has no good comeback.

15But I wait for you, LORD!

You will answer, my Lord, my God!

16Because I prayed:

“Don’t let them celebrate over me

or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips,”

17because I’m very close to falling,

and my pain is always with me.

18Yes, I confess my wrongdoing;

I’m worried about my sin.

19But my mortal enemies are so strong;

those who hate me for no reason seem countless.

20Those who give, repay good with evil;

they oppose me for pursuing good.

21Don’t leave me all alone, LORD!

Please, my God, don’t be far from me!

22Come quickly and help me,

my Lord, my salvation!

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Psalm 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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