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. 1O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath!
2For Your arrows have sunk into me, and Your hand has pressed down on me. 2For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come 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 flesh because of your indignation; there is no health 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 gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
5My wounds are foul and festering because of my foolishness. 5My wounds stink and fester because of my foolishness,
6I am bent over and brought low; all day long I go around in mourning. 6I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all the day I go about mourning.
7For my loins are full of burning pain, and there is no health in my body. 7For my sides are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.
8I am faint and severely crushed; I groan because of the anguish of my heart. 8I am feeble and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart.
9Lord, my every desire is known to You; my sighing is not hidden from You. 9O Lord, all my longing is before you; my sighing is not hidden from you.
10My heart races, my strength leaves me, and even the light of my eyes has faded. 10My heart throbs; my strength fails me, and the light of my eyes—it also has gone from me.
11My loved ones and friends stand back from my affliction, and my 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 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 their snares; those who seek my hurt speak of ruin and meditate treachery 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 I am like a deaf man; I do not hear, like a mute man who does not open his mouth.
14I am like a man who does not hear and has no arguments in his mouth. 14I have become like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no rebukes.
15I put 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, "Don't let them rejoice over me-- those who are arrogant toward me when I stumble." 16For I said, “Only let them not rejoice over me, who boast against 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 before me.
18So I confess my guilt; I am anxious because of my sin. 18I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin.
19But my enemies are vigorous and powerful; many hate me for no reason. 19But my foes are vigorous, they are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully.
20Those who repay evil for good attack me for pursuing good. 20Those who render me evil for good accuse me because I follow after good.
21 LORD, do not abandon me; my God, do not be far from me. 21Do not forsake me, O LORD! O my God, be not far from me!
22Hurry to help me, Lord, my Savior. 22Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!
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