Psalms 38
1 A Psalm of David, in commemoration of the Sabbath. O Lord, do not rebuke me in your fury, nor chastise me in your wrath.
O lord, rebuke me not in your wrath: neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.
2 For your arrows have been driven into me, and your hand has been confirmed over me.
For your arrows stick fast in me, and your hand presses me sore.
3 There is no health in my flesh before the face of your wrath. There is no peace for my bones before the face of my sins.
There is no soundness in my flesh because of your anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
4 For my iniquities have walked over my head, and they have been like a heavy burden weighing upon me.
For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
5 My sores have putrefied and been corrupted before the face of my foolishness.
My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
6 I have become miserable, and I have been bent down, even to the end. I have walked with contrition all day long.
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
7 For my loins have been filled with illusions, and there is no health in my flesh.
For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
8 I have been afflicted and greatly humbled. I bellowed from the groaning of my heart.
I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the chaos of my heart.
9 O Lord, all my desire is before you, and my groaning before you has not been hidden.
Lord, all my desire is before you; and my groaning is not hid from you.
10 My heart has been disturbed. My strength has abandoned me, and the light of my eyes has abandoned me, and it is not with me.
My heart pants, my strength fails me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
11 My friends and my neighbors have drawn near and stood against me. And those who were next to me stood far apart. And those who sought my soul used violence.
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand far off.
12 And those who sought evil accusations against me were speaking emptiness. And they practiced deceitfulness all day long.
They 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.
13 But, like someone deaf, I did not hear. And I was like someone mute, not opening his mouth.
But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that opens not his mouth.
14 And I became like a man who does not hear, and who has no reproofs in his mouth.
Thus I was as a man that hears not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15 For in you, Lord, I have hoped. You will listen to me, O Lord my God.
For in you, O LORD, do I hope: you will hear, O Lord my God.
16 For I said, “Lest at any time, my enemies might rejoice over me,” and, “While my feet are being shaken, they have spoken great things against me.”
For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me.
17 For I have been prepared for scourges, and my sorrow is ever before me.
For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
18 For I will announce my iniquity, and I will think about my sin.
For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
19 But my enemies live, and they have been stronger than me. And those who have wrongfully hated me have been multiplied.
But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
20 Those who render evil for good have dragged me down, because I followed goodness.
They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
21 Do not forsake me, O Lord my God. Do not depart from me.
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
22 Be attentive to my help, O Lord, the God of my salvation.
Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
