Psalms 38

1 “A psalm of David. To bring to remembrance.” O LORD! rebuke me not in thy wrath, Nor chasten me in thy hot displeasure!

O lord, rebuke me not in your wrath: neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.

2 For thine arrows have deeply pierced me, And thy hand hath been heavy 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 thine anger; Nor rest 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 have gone over my head; Like a heavy burden, they are more than I can bear.

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

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

My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.

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

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

7 For my loins are full of burning heat, 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 weakened and bruised exceedingly; I roar by reason of the disquietude of my heart.

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

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

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

10 My heart panteth; my strength faileth me; The very light of my eyes is gone from 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 acquaintance keep aloof from my woe, And my kinsmen stand afar off:

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

12 While they who seek my life lay snares for me; They who seek my hurt threaten destruction, And meditate deceit 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, like a deaf man, hear not; And, like a dumb man, open not my mouth.

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

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

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

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

For in you, O LORD, do I hope: you will hear, O Lord my God.

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

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 ready to fall, And my pain doth never leave me;

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

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

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

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

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

20 They who repay good with evil are my enemies, Because I follow that which 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 hast to mine aid, O Lord, my salvation!

Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.