Psalms 38
1 “A psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.” O Lord, correct me not in thy wrath, nor chastise me in thy fury.
O lord, rebuke me not in your wrath: neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.
2 For thy arrows have penetrated into me, and thy hand presseth down upon me.
For your arrows stick fast in me, and your hand presses me sore.
3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thy indignation: there is no peace in my bones because of my sin.
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 are passed over my head, as a heavy burden are they too heavy for me.
For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
5 Foul, corrupt are my bruises because of my folly.
My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
6 I am bent double; I am bowed down to the utmost; all the day long I go about full of grief.
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
7 For my loins are filled with a burning disease, and there is no soundness in my flesh.
For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
8 I am made faint and crushed to the utmost; I cry aloud because of the groaning of my heart.
I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the chaos of my heart.
9 Lord, before thee is all my longing; and my sighing is from thee not hidden.
Lord, all my desire is before you; and my groaning is not hid from you.
10 My heart is restless, my strength hath left me; and the light of my eyes—that also is no more with me.
My heart pants, my strength fails me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand far off.
12 They also that seek after my life lay snares; and they that wish for my mishap speak wicked falsehoods; and deceits do they devise all the 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 I, as a deaf man, hear not; and I am as a dumb man that cannot open his mouth.
But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that opens not his mouth.
14 Thus am I as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no words of defence.
Thus I was as a man that hears not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15 For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.
For in you, O LORD, do I hope: you will hear, O Lord my God.
16 For I said, Perhaps they might rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they might magnify themselves over 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 am prepared for [my] downfall, and my pain is continually before me.
For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
18 For I will tell of my iniquity; I will be grieved because of my sin.
For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
19 But my enemies are strong in life; and numerous are those that hate me wrongfully;
But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
20 They also that repay [me] evil in lieu of good; they hate me bitterly because I pursue what is good.
They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
21 Forsake me not, O Lord: O my God, be not far from me.
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
22 Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation.
Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
