38:1 A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your wrath; neither chasten me in Your fury, |
38:2 For Your arrows stick fast in me, and Your hand presses heavily upon me. |
38:3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your anger; nor rest in my bones because of my sin, |
38:4 For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. |
38:5 My wounds are putrefied and fester because of my foolishness. |
38:6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long, |
38:7 For my loins are filled with a burning; and there is no soundness in my flesh. |
38:8 I am feeble and painfully broken; I groan because of the anguish of my heart. |
38:9 My LORD, all my desire is before You; and my sighing is not hidden from You. |
38:10 My heart pants; my strength fails me; as for the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me. |
38:11 My loved ones and My friends stand apart from My plague; and My neighbors stand far off. |
38:12 And those who seek my life lay snares for me; and those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and plot deceptions all the day long. |
38:13 But like a deaf one, I do not hear; and I am like a dumb one who opens not his mouth. |
38:14 Thus I am as a man who hears not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs, |
38:15 For in You, O LORD, do I hope; You will answer, O LORD my God, |
38:16 For I said, "Hear me, lest they rejoice over me; when my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me." |
38:17 For I am ready to fall, and my pain is always before me, |
38:18 For I will confess my iniquity; I am full of anxiety because of my sin. |
38:19 And my enemies are vigorous; they are strong; and those who hate me without reason are multiplied. |
38:20 And those who render evil for good oppose me because I follow what is good. |
38:21 Forsake me not, O LORD; O my God, be not far from me. |
38:22 Make haste to help me, O LORD my salvation. |