Psalm 38
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1A psalm of David. A petition. LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or 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.
2Your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down on me.2For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
3Because of your wrath there is no health in my body; there is no soundness 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.
4My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear.4For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.
5My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly.5My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.
6I am bowed down and brought very low; all day long I go about mourning.6I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.
7My back is filled with searing pain; there is no health in my body.7For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body.
8I am feeble and utterly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.8I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
9All my longings lie open before you, Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you.9O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.
10My heart pounds, my strength fails me; even the light has gone from my eyes.10My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.
11My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbors stay far away.11My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
12Those who want to kill me set their traps, those who would harm me talk of my ruin; all day long they scheme and lie.12Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
13I am like the deaf, who cannot hear, like the mute, who cannot speak;13But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.
14I have become like one who does not hear, whose mouth can offer no reply.14I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.
15LORD, I wait for you; you will answer, Lord my God.15I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.
16For I said, "Do not let them gloat or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip."16For I said, “Let them not gloat over me—those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
17For I am about to fall, and my pain is ever with me.17For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
18I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.18Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
19Many have become my enemies without cause; those who hate me without reason are numerous.19Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.
20Those who repay my good with evil lodge accusations against me, though I seek only to do what is good.20Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
21LORD, do not forsake me; do not be far from me, my God.21Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God.
22Come quickly to help me, my Lord and my Savior.22Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.
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