38:1  O LORD, rebuke me not in Your wrath, and chasten me not in Your burning anger.

38:2  For Your arrows have sunk deep into me, and Your hand has pressed down on me.

38:3  I can find no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation; I can find no health in my bones because of my sin.

38:4  For my iniquities have gone over my head; As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.

38:5  My wounds grow foul and fester because of my folly.

38:6  I bend over and greatly bowed down; I go mourning all day long.

38:7  For my loins fill with burning, and I find no soundness in my flesh.

38:8  I feel benumbed and badly crushed; I groan because of the agitation of my heart.

38:9  Lord, all my desire I bring before You; and my sighing I do not hide from You.

38:10  My heart throbs, my strength fails me; and the light of my eyes, even that has gone from me.

38:11  My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

38:12  Those who seek my life lay snares for me; and those who seek to injure me have threatened destruction, and they devise treachery all day long.

38:13  But I, like a deaf man, do not hear; and I resemble a mute man who does not open his mouth.

38:14  Yes, I resemble a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth proceed no arguments.

38:15  For I hope in You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.

38:16  For I said, "May they not rejoice over me, Who, when my foot slips, would magnify themselves against me."

38:17  For I felt ready to fall, and my sorrow continually goes before me.

38:18  For I confess my iniquity; I feel anxious because of my sin.

38:19  But my enemies remain vigorous and strong, and many I can see who hate me wrongfully.

38:20  And those who repay evil for good, They oppose me, because I follow good things.

38:21  Do not forsake me, O LORD; O my God, do not remain far from me!

38:22  Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!