Psalms 38
38
Psalm 38
A psalm by David; to be kept in mind.
1O Lord, do not angrily punish me
or discipline me in your wrath.
2Your arrows have struck me.
Your hand has struck me hard.
3No healthy spot is left on my body
because of your rage.
There is no peace in my bones
because of my sin.
4My guilt has overwhelmed me.
Like a heavy load, it is more than I can bear.
5My wounds smell rotten.
They fester because of my stupidity.
6I am bent over and bowed down very low.
All day I walk around in mourning.
7My insides are filled with burning pain,
and no healthy spot is left on my body.
8I am numb and completely devastated.
I roar because my heart’s in turmoil.
9You know all my desires, O Lord,
and my groaning has not been hidden from you.
10My heart is pounding.
I have lost my strength.
Even the light of my eyes has left me.
11My loved ones and my friends keep their distance
and my relatives stand far away because of my sickness.
12Those who seek my life lay traps for me.
Those who are out to harm me talk about ruining me.
All day long they think of ways to deceive me.
13But I am like a person who cannot hear
and like a person who cannot speak.
14I am like one who cannot hear
and who can offer no arguments.
15But I wait with hope for you, O Lord.
You will answer, O Lord, my God.
16I said, “Do not let them gloat over me.
When my foot slips,
do not let them promote themselves at my expense.”
17I am ready to fall.
I am continually aware of my pain.
18I confess my guilt.
My sin troubles me.
19My mortal enemies are growing stronger.
Many hate me for no reason.
20They pay me back with evil instead of good,
and they accuse me because I try to do what is good.
21Do not abandon me, O Lord.
O my God, do not be so distant from me.
22Come quickly to help me, O Lord, my savior.
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Psalm 38
38
A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.
1O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath:
Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
2For thine arrows stick fast in me,
And thy hand presseth me sore.
3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger;
Neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
4For mine iniquities are gone over mine head:
As an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
5My wounds stink and are corrupt
Because of my foolishness.
6I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly;
I go mourning all the day long.
7For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease:
And there is no soundness in my flesh.
8I am feeble and sore broken:
I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
9Lord, all my desire is before thee;
And my groaning is not hid from thee.
10My heart panteth, my strength faileth me:
As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
11My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore;
And my kinsmen stand afar off.
12They also that seek after my life lay snares for me:
And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
13But I, as a deaf man, heard not;
And I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
14Thus I was as a man that heareth not,
And in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15For in thee, O LORD, do I hope:
Thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
16For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me:
When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
17For I am ready to halt,
And my sorrow is continually before me.
18For I will declare mine iniquity;
I will be sorry for my sin.
19But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong:
And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
20They also that render evil for good
Are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
21Forsake me not, O LORD:
O my God, be not far from me.
22Make haste to help me,
O Lord my salvation.
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