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. |