Psalm 38:1
A Psalm of David, for remembrance. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
Psalm 38:2
For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
Psalm 38:3
There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.
Psalm 38:4
For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.
Psalm 38:5
My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.
Psalm 38:6
I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.
Psalm 38:7
For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body.
Psalm 38:8
I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
Psalm 38:9
O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.
Psalm 38:10
My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.
Psalm 38:11
My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
Psalm 38:12
Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
Psalm 38:13
But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.
Psalm 38:14
I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.
Psalm 38:15
I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.
Psalm 38:16
For I said, “Let them not gloat over me—those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
Psalm 38:17
For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
Psalm 38:18
Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
Psalm 38:19
Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.
Psalm 38:20
Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
Psalm 38:21
Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God.
Psalm 38:22
Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.