The Psalms

Psalm 38

A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.

 ^38:1O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath;

 Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

 ^38:2For thine arrows stick fast in me,

 And thy hand presseth me sore.

 ^38:3There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation;

 Neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.

 ^38:4For mine iniquities are gone over my head:

 As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

 ^38:5My wounds are loathsome and corrupt,

 Because of my foolishness.

 ^38:6I am pained and bowed down greatly;

 I go mourning all the day long.

 ^38:7For my loins are filled with burning;

 And there is no soundness in my flesh.

 ^38:8I am faint and sore bruised:

 I have groaned by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

 ^38:9Lord, all my desire is before thee;

 And my groaning is not hid from thee.

 ^38:10My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me:

 As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

 ^38:11My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague;

 And my kinsmen stand afar off.

 ^38:12They also that seek after my life lay snares for me;

 And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things,

 And meditate deceits all the day long.

 ^38:13But I, as a deaf man, hear not;

 And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

 ^38:14Yea, I am as a man that heareth not,

 And in whose mouth are no reproofs.

 ^38:15For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope:

 Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.

 ^38:16For I said, Lest they rejoice over me:

 When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

 ^38:17For I am ready to fall,

 And my sorrow is continually before me.

 ^38:18For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

 ^38:19But mine enemies are lively, and are strong;

 And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

 ^38:20They also that render evil for good

 Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.

 ^38:21Forsake me not, O Jehovah:

 O my God, be not far from me.

 ^38:22Make haste to help me,

 O Lord, my salvation.