Psalms 38:1 A Psalm of David, for the memorial offering. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy anger, nor chasten me in thy wrath!
Psalms 38:2 For thy arrows have sunk into me, and thy hand has come down on me.
Psalms 38:3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thy indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin.
Psalms 38:4 For my iniquities have gone over my head; they weigh like a burden too heavy for me.
Psalms 38:5 My wounds grow foul and fester because of my foolishness,
Psalms 38:6 I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all the day I go about mourning.
Psalms 38:7 For my loins are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.
Psalms 38:8 I am utterly spent and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart.
Psalms 38:9 Lord, all my longing is known to thee, my sighing is not hidden from thee.
Psalms 38:10 My heart throbs, my strength fails me; and the light of my eyes--it also has gone from me.
Psalms 38:11 My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my kinsmen stand afar off.
Psalms 38:12 Those who seek my life lay their snares, those who seek my hurt speak of ruin, and meditate treachery all the day long.
Psalms 38:13 But I am like a deaf man, I do not hear, like a dumb man who does not open his mouth.
Psalms 38:14 Yea, I am like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no rebukes.
Psalms 38:15 But for thee, O LORD, do I wait; it is thou, O LORD my God, who wilt answer.
Psalms 38:16 For I pray, "Only let them not rejoice over me, who boast against me when my foot slips!"
Psalms 38:17 For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
Psalms 38:19 Those who are my foes without cause are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully.
Psalms 38:20 Those who render me evil for good are my adversaries because I follow after good.
Psalms 38:21 Do not forsake me, O LORD! O my God, be not far from me!
