Psalm 38
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1A Davidic psalm for remembrance. LORD, do not punish me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath. 1A Psalm of David, for remembrance. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
2For Your arrows have sunk into me, and Your hand has pressed down on me. 2For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
3There is no health in my body because of Your indignation; there is no strength in my bones because of my sin. 3There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.
4For my sins have flooded over my head; they are a burden too heavy for me to bear. 4For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.
5My wounds are foul and festering because of my foolishness. 5My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.
6I am bent over and brought low; all day long I go around in mourning. 6I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.
7For my loins are full of burning pain, and there is no health in my body. 7For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body.
8I am faint and severely crushed; I groan because of the anguish of my heart. 8I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
9Lord, my every desire is known to You; my sighing is not hidden from You. 9O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.
10My heart races, my strength leaves me, and even the light of my eyes has faded. 10My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.
11My loved ones and friends stand back from my affliction, and my relatives stand at a distance. 11My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
12Those who seek my life set traps, and those who want to harm me threaten to destroy me; they plot treachery all day long. 12Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
13I am like a deaf person; I do not hear. I am like a speechless person who does not open his mouth. 13But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.
14I am like a man who does not hear and has no arguments in his mouth. 14I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.
15I put my hope in You, LORD; You will answer, Lord my God. 15I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.
16For I said, "Don't let them rejoice over me-- those who are arrogant toward me when I stumble." 16For I said, “Let them not gloat over me—those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
17For I am about to fall, and my pain is constantly with me. 17For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
18So I confess my guilt; I am anxious because of my sin. 18Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
19But my enemies are vigorous and powerful; many hate me for no reason. 19Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.
20Those who repay evil for good attack me for pursuing good. 20Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
21 LORD, do not abandon me; my God, do not be far from me. 21Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God.
22Hurry to help me, Lord, my Savior. 22Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.
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