Psalms 38:1 – 38:22

  1 A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
  2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
  3 [There is] no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither [is there any] rest in my bones because of my sin.
  4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
  5 My wounds stink [and] are corrupt because of my foolishness.
  6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
  7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome [disease]: and [there is] no soundness in my flesh.
  8 I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
  9 Lord, all my desire [is] before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
  10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
  11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
  12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
  13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man [that] openeth not his mouth.
  14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth [are] no reproofs.
  15 For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
  16 For I said, [Hear me], lest [otherwise] they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify [themselves] against me.
  17 For I [am] ready to halt, and my sorrow [is] continually before me.
  18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
  19 But mine enemies [are] lively, [and] they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
  20 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow [the thing that] good [is].
  21 Forsake me not, O Lord: O my God, be not far from me.
  22 Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.