Psalms 38
1 A Psalm. Of David. To keep in memory. O Lord, be not bitter with me in your wrath; let not your hand be on me in the heat of your passion.
A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
2 For your arrows have gone into my flesh, and I am crushed under the weight of your hand.
For thy arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand falleth heavy upon me.
3 My flesh is wasted because of your wrath; and there is no peace in my bones because of my sin.
There is no soundness in my flesh because of thy anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
4 For my crimes have gone over my head; they are like a great weight which is more than my strength.
For my iniquities have gone over my head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
5 My wounds are poisoned and evil-smelling, because of my foolish behaviour.
My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
6 I am troubled, I am made low; I go weeping all the day.
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
7 For my body is full of burning; all my flesh is unhealthy.
For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
8 I am feeble and crushed down; I gave a cry like a lion because of the grief in my heart.
I am feeble and grievously broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
9 Lord, all my desire is before you; my sorrow is not kept secret from you.
Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
10 My heart goes out in pain, my strength is wasting away; as for the light of my eyes, it is gone from me.
My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of my eyes, that also is gone from me.
11 My lovers and my friends keep away from my disease; my relations keep far away.
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my affliction; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
12 Those who have a desire to take my life put nets for me; those who are designing my destruction say evil things against me, all the day their minds are full of deceit.
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 kept my ears shut like a man without hearing; like a man without a voice, never opening his mouth.
But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
14 So I was like a man whose ears are shut, and in whose mouth there are no sharp words.
Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15 In you, O Lord, is my hope: you will give me an answer, O Lord, my God.
For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
16 I said, Let them not be glad over me; when my foot is moved, let them not be lifted up with pride against me.
For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
17 My feet are near to falling, and my sorrow is ever before me.
For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
18 I will make clear my wrongdoing, with sorrow in my heart for my sin.
For I will declare my iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
19 But they are strong who have hate for me without cause: those who are against me falsely are increased in numbers.
But my enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
20 They give me back evil for good; they are my haters because I go after the thing which is right.
They also that render evil for good are my adversaries; because I follow the thing that is good.
21 Do not give me up, O Lord; O my God, be near to me.
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
22 Come quickly to give me help, O Lord, my salvation.
Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
