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! |