Psalm 38

1. 1

   O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger; *
   do not punish me in your wrath.

2. 2

   For your arrows have already pierced me, *
   and your hand presses hard upon me.

3. 3

   There is no health in my flesh, because of your indignation; *
   there is no soundness in my body, because of my sin.

4. 4

   For my iniquities overwhelm me; *
   like a heavy burden they are too much for me to bear.

5. 5

   My wounds stink and fester *
   by reason of my foolishness.

6. 6

   I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; *
   I go about in mourning all the day long.

7. 7

   My loins are filled with searing pain; *
   there is no health in my body.

8. 8

   I am utterly numb and crushed; *
   I wail, because of the groaning of my heart.

9. 9

   O Lord, you know all my desires, *
   and my sighing is not hidden from you.

10. 10

    My heart is pounding, my strength has failed me, *
    and the brightness of my eyes is gone from me.

11. 11

    My friends and companions draw back from my affliction; *
    my neighbors stand afar off.

12. 12

    Those who seek after my life lay snares for me; *
    those who strive to hurt me speak of my ruin and plot treachery all the day long.

13. 13

    But I am like the deaf who do not hear, *
    like those who are mute and who do not open their mouth.

14. 14

    I have become like one who does not hear *
    and from whose mouth comes no defense.

15. 15

    For in you, O LORD, have I fixed my hope; *
    you will answer me, O Lord my God.

16. 16

    For I said, "Do not let them rejoice at my expense, *
    those who gloat over me when my foot slips."

17. 17

    Truly, I am on the verge of falling, *
    and my pain is always with me.

18. 18

    I will confess my iniquity *
    and be sorry for my sin.

19. 19

    Those who are my enemies without cause are mighty, *
    and many in number are those who wrongfully hate me.

20. 20

    Those who repay evil for good slander me, *
    because I follow the course that is right.

21. 21

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

22. 22

    Make haste to help me, *
    O Lord of my salvation.

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