38:1 A psalm of David. A petition. O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.
38:2 For your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down upon me.
38:3 Because of your wrath there is no health in my body; my bones have no soundness because of my sin.
38:4 My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear.
38:5 My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly.
38:6 I am bowed down and brought very low; all day long I go about mourning.
38:7 My back is filled with searing pain; there is no health in my body.
38:8 I am feeble and utterly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
38:9 All my longings lie open before you, O Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you.
38:10 My heart pounds, my strength fails me; even the light has gone from my eyes.
38:11 My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbors stay far away.
38:12 Those who seek my life set their traps, those who would harm me talk of my ruin; all day long they plot deception.
38:13 I am like a deaf man, who cannot hear, like a mute, who cannot open his mouth;
38:14 I have become like a man who does not hear, whose mouth can offer no reply.
38:15 I wait for you, O LORD; you will answer, O Lord my God.
38:16 For I said, “Do not let them gloat or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.”
38:17 For I am about to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
38:18 I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
38:19 Many are those who are my vigorous enemies; those who hate me without reason are numerous.
38:20 Those who repay my good with evil slander me when I pursue what is good.
38:21 O LORD, do not forsake me; be not far from me, O my God.
38:22 Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.
38:1 O Jehovah, do not rebuke me in Your indignation, / Nor chasten me in Your burning wrath.
38:2 For Your arrows have sunk deep in me, / And Your hand has come down heavy upon me.
38:3 There is no soundness in my flesh due to Your indignation; / There is no wholeness in my bones due to my sin.
38:4 For my iniquities have passed over my head; / Like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
38:5 My wounds are odious and festering / Due to my foolishness.
38:6 I am bent down and bowed utterly; / I go about all day long mourning.
38:7 For my loins are filled with burning, / And there is no soundness in my flesh.
38:8 I am benumbed and crushed utterly; / I cry out due to the groaning of my heart.
38:9 O Lord, all my desire is before You, / And my groaning is not hidden from You.
38:10 My heart throbs; my strength fails me; / And as for the light of my eyes, neither is it with me.
38:11 Those who love me and those who are my friends stand aloof from my / plague, / And my relatives stand far away.
38:12 And those who seek my soul lay traps for me, / And those who pursue my misfortune speak of destruction, / And they contemplate deceit all day long.
38:13 But I, like a deaf man, cannot hear; / And I am like a dumb man, who cannot open his mouth.
38:14 Indeed I am like a man who does not hear / And in whose mouth there are no reproofs.
38:15 For in You, O Jehovah, do I hope; / You will respond, O Lord my God.
38:16 For I said, May they never rejoice over me! / When my foot slips, they magnify themselves over me.
38:17 For I am ready to stumble, / And my pain is before me continually.
38:18 For I declare my iniquity; / I am anxious because of my sin.
38:19 But my enemies are vigorous; they are strong; / And those who wrongly hate me are many.
38:20 Those also who repay evil for good / Are my adversaries because I pursue what is good.
38:21 Do not abandon me, O Jehovah; / O my God, do not be far away from me.
38:22 Hasten to help me, / O Lord, my salvation.