The Psalms (WEB)

Psalm 38

A Psalm by David, for a memorial.

 38:1Yahweh, don't rebuke me in your wrath,
      Neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.

 38:2For your arrows have pierced me,
      Your hand presses hard on me.

 38:3There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation,
      Neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.

 38:4For my iniquities have gone over my head.
      As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.

 38:5My wounds are loathsome and corrupt,
      Because of my foolishness.

 38:6I am pained and bowed down greatly.
      I go mourning all day long.

 38:7For my loins are filled with burning.
      There is no soundness in my flesh.

 38:8I am faint and severely bruised.
      I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart.

 38:9Lord, all my desire is before you.
      My groaning is not hidden from you.

 38:10My heart throbs. My strength fails me.
      As for the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me.

 38:11My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague.
      My kinsmen stand afar off.

 38:12They also who seek after my life lay snares.
      Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things,
      And meditate deceits all day long.

 38:13But I, as a deaf man, don't hear.
      I am as a mute man who doesn't open his mouth.

 38:14Yes, I am as a man who doesn't hear,
      In whose mouth are no reproofs.

 38:15For in you, Yahweh, do I hope.
      You will answer, Lord my God.

 38:16For I said, "Don't let them gloat over me,
      Or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips."

 38:17For I am ready to fall.
      My pain is continually before me.

 38:18For I will declare my iniquity.
      I will be sorry for my sin.

 38:19But my enemies are vigorous and many.
      Those who hate me without reason are numerous.

 38:20They who also render evil for good are adversaries to me,
      Because I follow what is good.

 38:21Don't forsake me, Yahweh.
      My God, don't be far from me.

 38:22Hurry to help me,
      Lord, my salvation.

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