Psalms 38
1 A psalm of David, for remembrance.
2 LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger; do not discipline me in your fury.
3 For your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down upon me.
4 There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there is no peace in my bones because of my sin.
5 For my guilt has risen over my head; like a heavy burden, it weighs too much for me.
6 My wounds have become foul and festering because of my foolishness.
7 I am bent over, utterly bowed down; all day long I go about mourning.
8 For my loins burn with fever; there is no soundness in my flesh.
9 I am numb and utterly crushed; I roar because my heart is groaning.
10 Lord, all my longing lies before you; my sighing is not hidden from you.
11 My heart pounds; my strength has left me; even the light of my eyes is gone.
12 Those who love me and my companions stand apart from my wound; my relatives keep their distance.
13 Those seeking my life set traps for me; those seeking my harm speak of destruction and plot deceit all day long.
14 But I am like a deaf man who cannot hear, like a mute who does not open his mouth.
15 I have become like a man who cannot hear and has no answer on his lips.
16 For in you, LORD, I have hoped; you will answer, Lord my God.
17 For I said, “Let them not rejoice over me.” When my foot slipped, they made much of themselves against me.
18 For I am ready to fall, and my pain is always before me.
19 For I confess my guilt; I am troubled because of my sin.
20 But my enemies are alive and strong; many are those who hate me without cause.
21 Those who repay good with evil accuse me, because I pursue what is good.
22 Do not forsake me, LORD; my God, do not stay far from me.
23 Hurry to help me, Lord, my salvation.
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