Psalms 38:1
O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath, nor chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
Psalms 38:2
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presses me severely.
Psalms 38:3
There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation, nor is there any health in my bones because of my sin.
Psalms 38:4
For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
Psalms 38:5
My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, because of my foolishness.
Psalms 38:6
I am pained and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all the day long.
Psalms 38:7
For my loins are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.
Psalms 38:8
I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned because of the disquietness of my heart.
Psalms 38:9
Lord, all my desire is before thee, and my groaning is not hid from thee.
Psalms 38:10
My heart throbs, my strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me.
Psalms 38:11
Those I love and my friends stand aloof from my plague, and my kinsmen stand afar off.
Psalms 38:12
Those also who seek after my life lay snares for me. And those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all the day long.
Psalms 38:13
But I, as a deaf man, hear not. And I am as a mute man who opens not his mouth.
Psalms 38:14
Yea, I am as a man who hears not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
Psalms 38:15
For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope. Thou will answer, O Lord my God.
Psalms 38:16
For I said, Lest they rejoice over me. When my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me.
Psalms 38:17
For I am ready to fall, and my sorrow is continually before me.
Psalms 38:18
For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin.
Psalms 38:19
But my enemies are energetic, and are strong, and those who hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
Psalms 38:20
They also who render evil for good are adversaries to me, because I follow the thing that is good.
Psalms 38:21
Forsake me not, O Jehovah. O my God, be not far from me.
Psalms 38:22
Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation.