< Psalms 38 >

1 A Psalm of David, for remembrance. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
A Psalm of David, in commemoration of the Sabbath. O Lord, do not rebuke me in your fury, nor chastise me in your wrath.
2 For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
For your arrows have been driven into me, and your hand has been confirmed over me.
3 There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.
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.
4 For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.
For my iniquities have walked over my head, and they have been like a heavy burden weighing upon me.
5 My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.
My sores have putrefied and been corrupted before the face of my foolishness.
6 I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.
I have become miserable, and I have been bent down, even to the end. I have walked with contrition all day long.
7 For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body.
For my loins have been filled with illusions, and there is no health in my flesh.
8 I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
I have been afflicted and greatly humbled. I bellowed from the groaning of my heart.
9 O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.
O Lord, all my desire is before you, and my groaning before you has not been hidden.
10 My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.
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.
11 My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
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.
12 Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
And those who sought evil accusations against me were speaking emptiness. And they practiced deceitfulness all day long.
13 But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.
But, like someone deaf, I did not hear. And I was like someone mute, not opening his mouth.
14 I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.
And I became like a man who does not hear, and who has no reproofs in his mouth.
15 I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.
For in you, Lord, I have hoped. You will listen to me, O Lord my God.
16 For I said, “Let them not gloat over me— those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
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.”
17 For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
For I have been prepared for scourges, and my sorrow is ever before me.
18 Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
For I will announce my iniquity, and I will think about my sin.
19 Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.
But my enemies live, and they have been stronger than me. And those who have wrongfully hated me have been multiplied.
20 Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
Those who render evil for good have dragged me down, because I followed goodness.
21 Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God.
Do not forsake me, O Lord my God. Do not depart from me.
22 Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.
Be attentive to my help, O Lord, the God of my salvation.

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