Psalms 38

1 A Psalm of David for remembrance concerning the Sabbath-day. O Lord, rebuke me not in your wrath, neither chasten me in your anger.

A Psalm of David, for remembrance. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.

2 For your weapons are fixed in me, and you have pressed your hand heavily upon me.

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

3 For there is no health in my flesh because of your anger; there is no peace to my bones because of my sins.

There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.

4 For my transgressions have gone over mine head: they have pressed heavily upon me like a weighty burden.

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

5 My bruises have become noisome and corrupt, because of my foolishness.

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

6 I have been wretched and bowed down continually: I went with a mourning countenance all the day.

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

7 For my soul is filled with mockings; and there is no health in my flesh.

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

8 I have been afflicted and brought down exceedingly: I have roared for the groaning of my heart.

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

9 But all my desire is before you; and my groaning is not hidden from you.

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

10 My heart is troubled, my strength has failed me; and the light of mine eyes is not with me.

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

11 My friends and my neighbours drew near before me, and stood still; and my nearest of kin stood afar off.

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

12 While they pressed hard upon me that sought my soul: and they that sought my hurt spoke vanities, and devised deceits all the day.

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

13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and was as a dumb man not opening his mouth.

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

14 And I was as a man that hears not, and who has no reproofs in his mouth.

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

15 For I hoped in you, O Lord: you will hear, O Lord my God.

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

16 For I said, Lest mine enemies rejoice against me: for when my feet were moved, they spoke boastingly against me.

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

17 For I am ready for plagues, and my grief is continually before me.

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

18 For I will declare mine iniquity, and be distressed for my sin.

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

19 But mine enemies live, and are mightier than I: and they that hate me unjustly are multiplied.

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

20 They that reward evil for good slandered me; because I followed righteousness.

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

21 Forsake me not, O Lord my God: depart not from me.

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

22 Draw near to my help, O Lord of my salvation.

Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.