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  There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation; There is no health in my bones because of my sin.

38:4  For my iniquities are 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 am bent over and greatly bowed down; I go mourning all day long.

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

38:8  I am benumbed and badly crushed; I groan because of the agitation 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; 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 am} like a mute man who does not open his mouth.

38:14  Yes, I am like a man who does not hear, And in whose mouth are 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 am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me.

38:18  For I confess my iniquity; I am full of anxiety because of my sin.

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

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

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

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