Psalms 38

1 A Psalm of David, for remembrance. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.

2 For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.

3 There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.

4 For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.

5 My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.

6 I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.

7 For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body.

8 I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.

9 O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.

10 My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.

11 My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.

12 Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.

13 But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.

14 I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.

15 I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.

16 For I said, “Let them not gloat over me—those who taunt me when my foot slips.”

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

18 Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.

19 Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.

20 Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.

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

22 Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.

1 ¶ A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

3 [There is] no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither [is there any] rest in my bones because of my sin.

4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

5 My wounds stink [and] are corrupt because of my foolishness.

6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome [disease]: and [there is] no soundness in my flesh.

8 I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

9 Lord, all my desire [is] before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.

10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

12 ¶ They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me]: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

13 But I, as a deaf [man], heard not; and [I was] as a dumb man [that] openeth not his mouth.

14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth [are] no reproofs.

15 For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

16 For I said, [Hear me], lest [otherwise] they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify [themselves] against me.

17 For I [am] ready to halt, and my sorrow [is] continually before me.

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

19 But mine enemies [are] lively, [and] they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

20 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow [the thing that] good [is].

21 Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.

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

1 a psalm of David in remembrance.

2 O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy wrath.

3 For thine arrows are in me, and thy hand is upon me.

4 There is no soundness in my flesh from thy wrath, neither is there peace in my bones from mine iniquity.

5 For my sins are upon my head, as a heavy burden they have become too heavy for me.

6 My wounds stink and fester from my folly.

7 I walk crookedly, and very stooping: all the day long I walk sadly.

8 For all my loins are withered: there is no soundness in my body.

9 It is very different with me, and I am very sore troubled. I howl with the unrest of my heart.

10 O LORD, all my desire is before thee, and my groaning is not hid from thee.

11 My heart is troubled, my strength is gone out of me, and the light of my eyes is not with me.

12 My beloved and my friends stand against me, and shun my plague; and my neighbours stand afar off.

13 And they that are after my soul oppose me: and they that mean me harm speak as they mean to do harm, and deal in vanity.

14 But I am as a deaf man, and hear not; and as a dumb man, which openeth not his mouth.

15 And he shall be as one that heareth not, and hath no gainsaying in his mouth.

16 But I wait, O LORD, upon thee: thou, O LORD my God, wilt hear.

17 For I think that they will not rejoice over me. If my foot were shaken, they would glory in me.

18 For I am made to suffer, and my pain is always before me.

19 For I acknowledge my iniquity, and make provision for my sin.

20 But mine enemies live, and are mighty: they that hate me unreasonably are great.

21 And they that do me evil for good set themselves against me, because I hold fast that which is good.

22 Forsake me not, O LORD my God: be not thou far from me. Make haste to help me, O Lord, my help!