Psalms, 38

1. <A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.> O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

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2. For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

2. O Lord, rebuke me not in your rage, punish me not in your fury.

3. [There is] no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither [is there any] rest in my bones because of my sin.

3. Your arrows have struck me; your hand has come down heavily upon me.

4. For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

4. Your anger has spared no part of my body, my sin gives no peace to my bones.

5. My wounds stink [and] are corrupt because of my foolishness.

5. For my transgressions overwhelm me; they weigh me down like an unbearable load.

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

6. My wounds stink and fester within me, the outcome of my sinful folly.

7. For my loins are filled with a loathsome [disease]: and [there is] no soundness in my flesh.

7. Stooped and bowed down, I go about mourning all day.

8. I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

8. My loins burn, my flesh is diseased,

9. Lord, all my desire [is] before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.

9. my body, worn out and utterly crushed; I groan in pain and anguish of heart.

10. My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

10. All my longing, O Lord, is known to you; my sighing is not hidden from you.

11. My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

11. My heart pounds as my strength ebbs; even the light has deserted my eyes.

12. 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.

12. My friends avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbors stay far off.

13. But I, as a deaf [man], heard not; and [I was] as a dumb man [that] openeth not his mouth.

13. Those who seek my life lay snares for me; those who wish to hurt me speak of my ruin and plot against me all day long.

14. Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth [are] no reproofs.

14. But like a deaf-mute, I neither hear nor open my mouth.

15. For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

15. I am like one whose ears hear not and whose mouth has no answer.

16. For I said, [Hear me], lest [otherwise] they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify [themselves] against me.

16. For I put my trust in you, O Lord; you will answer for me, Lord God.

17. For I [am] ready to halt, and my sorrow [is] continually before me.

17. I pray, "Don't let them gloat over me, nor take advantage of my helplessness when my foot slips."

18. For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

18. For I am about to fall, my pain is ever with me.

19. But mine enemies [are] lively, [and] they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

19. I confess my transgression, I repent of my sin.

20. They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow [the thing that] good [is].

20. Many are my foes; many are those who hate me for no reason,

21. Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.

21. those who pay me evil for good and harass me because I seek good.

22. Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.

22. Forsake me not, O Lord, stay not far from me, O my God.

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23. Come quickly to help me, O Lord, my savior!