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. To bring to remembrance.” O LORD! rebuke me not in thy wrath, Nor chasten me in thy hot displeasure!

2 For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.

For thine arrows have deeply pierced me, And thy hand hath been heavy upon 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 soundness in my flesh, because of thine anger; Nor rest in my bones, because of my sin.

4 For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.

For my iniquities have gone over my head; Like a heavy burden, they are more than I can bear.

5 My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.

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

6 I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.

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

7 For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body.

For my loins are full of burning heat, And there is no soundness in my flesh.

8 I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.

I am weakened and bruised exceedingly; I roar by reason of the disquietude of my heart.

9 O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.

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

10 My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.

My heart panteth; my strength faileth me; The very light of my eyes is gone from me.

11 My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.

My friends and acquaintance keep aloof from my woe, And my kinsmen stand afar off:

12 Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.

While they who seek my life lay snares for me; They who seek my hurt threaten destruction, And meditate deceit all the day long.

13 But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.

But I, like a deaf man, hear not; And, like a dumb man, open not my mouth.

14 I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.

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

15 I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.

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

16 For I said, “Let them not gloat over me— those who taunt me when my foot slips.”

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

17 For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.

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

18 Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.

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

19 Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.

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

20 Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.

They who repay good with evil are my enemies, Because I follow that which is good.

21 Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God.

Forsake me not, O LORD! O my God! be not far from me!

22 Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.

Make hast to mine aid, O Lord, my salvation!