Psalm 38
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1A psalm of David. A petition. LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.1A Davidic psalm for remembrance. LORD, do not punish me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
2Your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down on me.2For Your arrows have sunk into me, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
3Because of your wrath there is no health in my body; there is no soundness in my bones because of my sin.3There is no health in my body because of Your indignation; there is no strength in my bones because of my sin.
4My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear.4For my sins have flooded over my head; they are a burden too heavy for me to bear.
5My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly.5My wounds are foul and festering because of my foolishness.
6I am bowed down and brought very low; all day long I go about mourning.6I am bent over and brought low; all day long I go around in mourning.
7My back is filled with searing pain; there is no health in my body.7For my loins are full of burning pain, and there is no health in my body.
8I am feeble and utterly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.8I am faint and severely crushed; I groan because of the anguish of my heart.
9All my longings lie open before you, Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you.9Lord, my every desire is known to You; my sighing is not hidden from You.
10My heart pounds, my strength fails me; even the light has gone from my eyes.10My heart races, my strength leaves me, and even the light of my eyes has faded.
11My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbors stay far away.11My loved ones and friends stand back from my affliction, and my relatives stand at a distance.
12Those who want to kill me set their traps, those who would harm me talk of my ruin; all day long they scheme and lie.12Those who seek my life set traps, and those who want to harm me threaten to destroy me; they plot treachery all day long.
13I am like the deaf, who cannot hear, like the mute, who cannot speak;13I am like a deaf person; I do not hear. I am like a speechless person who does not open his mouth.
14I have become like one who does not hear, whose mouth can offer no reply.14I am like a man who does not hear and has no arguments in his mouth.
15LORD, I wait for you; you will answer, Lord my God.15I put my hope in You, LORD; You will answer, Lord my God.
16For I said, "Do not let them gloat or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip."16For I said, "Don't let them rejoice over me-- those who are arrogant toward me when I stumble."
17For I am about to fall, and my pain is ever with me.17For I am about to fall, and my pain is constantly with me.
18I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.18So I confess my guilt; I am anxious because of my sin.
19Many have become my enemies without cause; those who hate me without reason are numerous.19But my enemies are vigorous and powerful; many hate me for no reason.
20Those who repay my good with evil lodge accusations against me, though I seek only to do what is good.20Those who repay evil for good attack me for pursuing good.
21LORD, do not forsake me; do not be far from me, my God.21 LORD, do not abandon me; my God, do not be far from me.
22Come quickly to help me, my Lord and my Savior.22Hurry to help me, Lord, my Savior.
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