The Psalms (WEB)
Psalm 38
A Psalm by David, for a memorial.
38:1Yahweh, don't rebuke me in your wrath,
Neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.
38:2For your arrows have pierced me,
Your hand presses hard on me.
38:3There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation,
Neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.
38:4For my iniquities have 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 day long.
38:7For my loins are filled with burning.
There is no soundness in my flesh.
38:8I am faint and severely bruised.
I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart.
38:9Lord, all my desire is before you.
My groaning is not hidden from you.
38:10My heart throbs. My strength fails me.
As for the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me.
38:11My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague.
My kinsmen stand afar off.
38:12They also who seek after my life lay snares.
Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things,
And meditate deceits all day long.
38:13But I, as a deaf man, don't hear.
I am as a mute man who doesn't open his mouth.
38:14Yes, I am as a man who doesn't hear,
In whose mouth are no reproofs.
38:15For in you, Yahweh, do I hope.
You will answer, Lord my God.
38:16For I said, "Don't let them gloat over me,
Or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips."
38:17For I am ready to fall.
My pain is continually before me.
38:18For I will declare my iniquity.
I will be sorry for my sin.
38:19But my enemies are vigorous and many.
Those who hate me without reason are numerous.
38:20They who also render evil for good are adversaries to me,
Because I follow what is good.
38:21Don't forsake me, Yahweh.
My God, don't be far from me.
38:22Hurry to help me,
Lord, my salvation.
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