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
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
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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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