38:1  O LORD, rebuke me not in Your wrath, neither chasten me in Your hot displeasure.

38:2  For Your arrows have sunk into me {and} stick fast, and Your hand has come down upon me {and} pressed me sorely.

38:3  There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation; neither is there any health {or} rest in my bones because of my sin.

38:4  For my iniquities have gone over my head [like waves of a flood]; as a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.

38:5  My wounds are loathsome and corrupt because of my foolishness.

38:6  I am bent and bowed down greatly; I go about mourning all the day long.

38:7  For my loins are filled with burning; and there is no soundness in my flesh.

38:8  I am faint and sorely bruised [deadly cold and quite worn out]; I groan by reason of the disquiet {and} moaning of my heart.

38:9  Lord, all my desire is before You; and my sighing is not hidden from You.

38:10  My heart throbs, my strength fails me; as for the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me.

38:11  My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; and my neighbors {and} my near ones stand afar off.

38:12  They also that seek {and} demand my life lay snares for me, and they that seek {and} require my hurt speak crafty {and} mischievous things; they meditate treachery {and} deceit all the day long.

38:13  But I, like a deaf man, hear not; and I am like a dumb man who opens not his mouth.

38:14  Yes, I have become like a man who hears not, in whose mouth are no arguments {or} replies.

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

38:16  For I pray, Let them not rejoice over me, who when my foot slips boast against me.

38:17  For I am ready to halt {and} fall; my pain {and} sorrow are continually before me.

38:18  For I do confess my guilt {and} iniquity; I am filled with sorrow for my sin.

38:19  But my enemies are vigorous {and} strong, and those who hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

38:20  They also that render evil for good are adversaries to me, because I follow the thing that 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.