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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Psalms 38
38
A Psalm of David. To bring remembrance.
1O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your wrath,
nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure.
2#Ps 63:1; 84:2 For Your arrows pierce me,
and Your hand presses down on me.
3#Ps 79:10; 80:5 There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation,
nor is there health in my bones because of my sin.
4#Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8 For my iniquities have passed over my head;
as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
5#Ps 42:11; 43:5 My wounds grow foul and fester
because of my foolishness.
6#2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8–9 I am bent, I am bowed down greatly;
I go mourning all the day long.
7#Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3 For my sides are filled with burning,
and there is no soundness in my flesh.
8#Job 35:10; Ps 63:6 I am numb and completely crushed;
I have roared because of the groaning of my heart.
9#Ps 38:6; 18:2 Lord, all my desire is before You,
and my sighing is not hidden from You.
10#Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17 My heart throbs, my strength fails me;
as for the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me.
11#Ps 42:5; 43:5 My friends and my companions stand back because of my affliction,
and those close to me stand at a distance.
12The people who seek my life strike at me;
those who seek my harm speak destruction,
and plan treacheries all the day long.
13But I, like a deaf man, did not hear;
and like a dumb man, did not open my mouth.
14Thus I was as a man who does not hear,
and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15For in You, O Lord, do I hope;
You will answer, O Lord my God.
16For I said, “Lest otherwise they should rejoice over me.
When my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me.”
17For I am ready to stumble,
and my pain is continually before me.
18For I will declare my iniquity;
I am anxious because of my sin.
19But my enemies are lively, and they are strong;
and those who wrongfully hate me are many.
20Those also who repay evil for good are my adversaries,
because I pursue good.
21Do not abandon me, O Lord;
O my God, do not be far from me.
22Make haste to help me,
O Lord, my salvation.
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