Psalms 38

¹O LORD! rebuke me not in thy wrath, Nor chasten me in thy hot displeasure!

²For thine arrows have deeply pierced me, And thy hand hath been heavy upon me.

³There is no soundness in my flesh, because of thine anger; Nor rest in my bones, because of my sin.

⁴For my iniquities have gone over my head; Like a heavy burden, they are more than I can bear.

⁵My wounds putrefy and are loathsome on account of my folly.

⁶I am bent; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

⁷For my loins are full of burning heat, And there is no soundness in my flesh.

⁸I am weakened and bruised exceedingly; I roar by reason of the disquietude of my heart.

⁹O Lord! thou knowest all my desire, And my groaning is not hidden from thee!

¹⁰My heart panteth; my strength faileth me; The very light of my eyes is gone from me.

¹¹My friends and acquaintance keep aloof from my woe, And my kinsmen stand afar off:

¹²While they who seek my life lay snares for me; They who seek my hurt threaten destruction, And meditate deceit all the day long.

¹³But I, like a deaf man, hear not; And, like a dumb man, open not my mouth.

¹⁴I am like one who heareth nothing, And in whose mouth is no reply.

¹⁵For in thee, O LORD! do I put my trust; Thou wilt hear, O Lord, my God!

¹⁶For I have prayed, "Let them not rejoice over me; Let them not exult at the slipping of my feet!"

¹⁷For I am ready to fall, And my pain doth never leave me;

¹⁸For I confess my iniquity, And am troubled on account of my sin.

¹⁹But my enemies flourish and are strong; They who hate me without cause are multiplied.

²⁰They who repay good with evil are my enemies, Because I follow that which is good.

²¹Forsake me not, O LORD! O my God! be not far from me!

²²Make hast to mine aid, O Lord, my salvation!

¹O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

²For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

³There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

⁴For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

⁵My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.

⁶I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

⁷For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.

⁸I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

⁹Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.

¹⁰My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

¹¹My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

¹²They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

¹³But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

¹⁴Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

¹⁵For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

¹⁶For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

¹⁷For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.

¹⁸For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

¹⁹But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

²⁰They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.

²¹Forsake me not, O Lord: O my God, be not far from me.

²²Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.