Psalm 38
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1LORD! Do not rebuke me in your anger; do not correct me in your wrath,1O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath!
2because your arrows have sunk deep into me, and your hand has come down hard on me.2For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down on me.
3My body is unhealthy due to your anger, and my bones have no rest due to my sin.3There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin.
4My iniquities loom over my head; like a cumbersome burden, they are too heavy for me.4For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
5My wounds have putrefied and festered because of my foolishness.5My wounds stink and fester because of my foolishness,
6I am bent over and walk about greatly bowed down; all day long I go around mourning.6I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all the day I go about mourning.
7My insides are burning and my body is unhealthy.7For my sides are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.
8I am weak and utterly crushed; I cry out in distress because of my heart's anguish.8I am feeble and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart.
9Lord, all my longings are before you, and my groaning is not hidden from you.9O Lord, all my longing is before you; my sighing is not hidden from you.
10My heart pounds, my strength fails me, even the gleam in my eye is gone.10My heart throbs; my strength fails me, and the light of my eyes—it also has gone from me.
11As for my friends and my neighbors, they stand aloof from my distress; even my close relatives stand at a distance.11My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my nearest kin stand far off.
12Those who seek my life lay snares for me; those who seek to do me harm brag all day long about their wicked planning.12Those who seek my life lay their snares; those who seek my hurt speak of ruin and meditate treachery all day long.
13I am like the deaf, who cannot hear, and like the mute, who cannot open his mouth.13But I am like a deaf man; I do not hear, like a mute man who does not open his mouth.
14Indeed, I have become like a man who hears nothing, and in whose mouth there is no rebuke.14I have become like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no rebukes.
15Because I have placed my hope in you, LORD, you will answer, Lord, my God.15But for you, O LORD, do I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.
16For I said, "Do not let them gloat over me, as they congratulate themselves when my foot slips."16For I said, “Only let them not rejoice over me, who boast against me when my foot slips!”
17Indeed, I am being set up for a fall, and I am continuously reminded of my pain.17For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever before me.
18I confess my iniquity, and my sin troubles me.18I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin.
19But my enemies are alive and well; those who hate me for no reason are numerous. 19But my foes are vigorous, they are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully.
20They reward my good with evil, opposing me because I seek to do good. 20Those who render me evil for good accuse me because I follow after good.
21Don't forsake me, LORD. My God, do not be so distant from me.21Do not forsake me, O LORD! O my God, be not far from me!
22Come quickly and help me, Lord, my deliverer.22Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!
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