Psalms 38

¹ A Psalm of David, for the memorial offering. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy anger, nor chasten me in thy wrath!

² For thy arrows have sunk into me, and thy hand has come down on me.

³ There is no soundness in my flesh because of thy indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin.

⁴ For my iniquities have gone over my head; they weigh like a burden too heavy for me.

⁵ My wounds grow foul and fester because of my foolishness,

⁶ I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all the day I go about mourning.

⁷ For my loins are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.

⁸ I am utterly spent and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart.

⁹ Lord, all my longing is known to thee, my sighing is not hidden from thee.

¹⁰ My heart throbs, my strength fails me; and the light of my eyes--it also has gone from me.

¹¹ My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my kinsmen stand afar off.

¹² Those who seek my life lay their snares, those who seek my hurt speak of ruin, and meditate treachery all the day long.

¹³ But I am like a deaf man, I do not hear, like a dumb man who does not open his mouth.

¹⁴ Yea, I am like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no rebukes.

¹⁵ But for thee, O LORD, do I wait; it is thou, O LORD my God, who wilt answer.

¹⁶ For I pray, "Only let them not rejoice over me, who boast against me when my foot slips!"

¹⁷ For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.

¹⁸ I confess my iniquity, I am sorry for my sin.

¹⁹ Those who are my foes without cause are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully.

²⁰ Those who render me evil for good are my adversaries because I follow after good.

²¹ Do not forsake me, O LORD! O my God, be not far from me!

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