Psalm 38
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1A Psalm of David, for a memorial. O LORD, rebuke me not in Your wrath, And chasten me not in Your burning anger.1O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath!
2For Your arrows have sunk deep 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 soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation; There is no health 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 iniquities are gone over my head; As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.4For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
5My wounds grow foul and fester Because of my folly.5My wounds stink and fester because of my foolishness,
6I am bent over and greatly bowed down; I go mourning all day long.6I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all the day I go about mourning.
7For my loins are filled with burning, And there is no soundness in my flesh.7For my sides are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.
8I am benumbed and badly crushed; I groan because of the agitation of my heart.8I am feeble and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart.
9Lord, all my desire is before You; And my sighing is not hidden from You.9O Lord, all my longing is before you; my sighing is not hidden from you.
10My heart throbs, my strength fails me; And the light of my eyes, even that has gone from me.10My heart throbs; my strength fails me, and the light of my eyes—it also has gone from me.
11My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off.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; And those who seek to injure me have threatened destruction, And they devise 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.
13But I, like a deaf man, do not hear; And I am like a mute man 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.
14Yes, I am like a man who does not hear, And in whose mouth are no arguments.14I have become like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no rebukes.
15For I hope in You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.15But for you, O LORD, do I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.
16For I said, "May they not rejoice over me, Who, when my foot slips, would magnify themselves against me."16For I said, “Only let them not rejoice over me, who boast against me when my foot slips!”
17For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me.17For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever before me.
18For I confess my iniquity; I am full of anxiety because of my sin.18I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin.
19But my enemies are vigorous and strong, And many are those who hate me wrongfully.19But my foes are vigorous, they are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully.
20And those who repay evil for good, They oppose me, because I follow what is good.20Those who render me evil for good accuse me because I follow after good.
21Do not forsake me, O LORD; O my God, do not be far from me!21Do not forsake me, O LORD! O my God, be not far from me!
22Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!22Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!
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