【Psalms】Psalm 38 << Last Chapter Next Chapter >>

38:1 A psalm of David. For remembrance.I

38:2 LORD, punish me no more in your anger; in your wrath do not chastise me!

38:3 Your arrows have sunk deep in me; your hand has come down upon me.

38:4 My flesh is afflicted because of your anger; my frame aches because of mysin.

38:5 My iniquities overwhelm me, a burden beyond my strength.II

38:6 Foul and festering are my sores because of my folly.

38:7 I am stooped and deeply bowed; all day I go about mourning.

38:8 My loins burn with fever; my flesh is afflicted.

38:9 I am numb and utterly crushed; I wail with anguish of heart.

38:10 My Lord, my deepest yearning is before you; my groaning is not hidden fromyou.

38:11 My heart shudders, my strength forsakes me; the very light of my eyes hasfailed.

38:12 Friends and companions shun my pain; my neighbors stand far off.

38:13 Those who seek my life lay snares for me; they seek my misfortune, theyspeak of ruin; they plot treachery all the day.III

38:14 But I am like the deaf, hearing nothing, like the dumb, saying nothing,

38:15 Like someone who does not hear, who has no answer ready.

38:16 LORD, I wait for you; O Lord, my God, answer me.

38:17 For I fear they will gloat, exult over me if I stumble.IV

38:18 I am very near to falling; my pain is with me always.

38:19 I acknowledge my guilt and grieve over my sin.

38:20 But many are my foes without cause, a multitude of enemies without reason,

38:21 Repaying me evil for good, harassing me for pursuing good.

38:22 Forsake me not, O LORD; my God, be not far from me!

38:23 Come quickly to help me, my Lord and my salvation!

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