Psalm 38
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1O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath!1A Psalm of David, for remembrance. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
2For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down on me.2For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed 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 body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.
4For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.4For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.
5My wounds stink and fester because of my foolishness,5My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.
6I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all the day I go about mourning.6I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.
7For my sides are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.7For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body.
8I am feeble and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart.8I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
9O Lord, all my longing is before you; my sighing is not hidden from you.9O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.
10My heart throbs; my strength fails me, and the light of my eyes—it also has gone from me.10My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.
11My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my nearest kin stand far off.11My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
12Those who seek my life lay their snares; those who seek my hurt speak of ruin and meditate treachery all day long.12Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
13But I am like a deaf man; I do not hear, like a mute man who does not open his mouth.13But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.
14I have become like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no rebukes.14I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.
15But for you, O LORD, do I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.15I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.
16For I said, “Only let them not rejoice over me, who boast against me when my foot slips!”16For I said, “Let them not gloat over me—those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
17For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever before me.17For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
18I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin.18Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
19But my foes are vigorous, they are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully.19Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.
20Those who render me evil for good accuse me because I follow after good.20Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
21Do not forsake me, O LORD! O my God, be not far from me!21Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God.
22Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!22Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.
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