38:1 A Psalm of David, for the memorial offering. O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger, or discipline me in your wrath.
38:2 For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come 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 have gone over my head; they weigh like a burden too heavy for me.
38:5 My wounds grow foul and fester because of my foolishness;
38:6 I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all day long I go around mourning.
38:7 For my loins are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.
38:8 I am utterly spent and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart.
38:9 O Lord, all my longing is known to you; 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 has gone from me.
38:11 My friends and companions stand aloof from my affliction, and my neighbours stand far off.
38:12 Those who seek my life lay their snares; those who seek to hurt me speak of ruin, and meditate treachery all day long.
38:13 But I am like the deaf, I do not hear; like the mute, who cannot speak.
38:14 Truly, I am like one who does not hear, and in whose mouth is no retort.
38:15 But it is for you, O Lord, that I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.
38:16 For I pray, ‘Only do not let them rejoice over me, those who boast against me when my foot slips.’
38:17 For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
38:18 I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin.
38:19 Those who are my foes without cause are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully.
38:20 Those who render me evil for good are my adversaries because I follow after 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.
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