| 1 | O Lord, rebuke me not in Your wrath, neither chasten me in Your hot displeasure. |
| 2 | For Your arrows have sunk into me
and
stick fast, and Your hand has come down upon me
and
pressed me sorely. |
| 3 | There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation; neither is there any health
or
rest in my bones because of my sin. |
| 4 | For my iniquities have gone over my head [like waves of a flood]; as a heavy burden they weigh too much for me. |
| 5 | My wounds are loathsome and corrupt because of my foolishness. |
| 6 | I am bent and bowed down greatly; I go about mourning all the day long. |
| 7 | For my loins are filled with burning; and there is no soundness in my flesh. |
| 8 | I am faint and sorely bruised [deadly cold and quite worn out]; I groan by reason of the disquiet
and
moaning of my heart. |
| 9 | Lord, all my desire is before You; and my sighing is not hidden from You. |
| 10 | My heart throbs, my strength fails me; as for the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me. |
| 11 | My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; and my neighbors
and
my near ones stand afar off. |
| 12 | They also that seek
and
demand my life lay snares for me, and they that seek
and
require my hurt speak crafty
and
mischievous things; they meditate treachery
and
deceit all the day long. |
| 13 | But I, like a deaf man, hear not; and I am like a dumb man who opens not his mouth. |
| 14 | Yes, I have become like a man who hears not, in whose mouth are no arguments
or
replies. |
| 15 | For in You, O Lord, do I hope; You will answer, O Lord my God. |
| 16 | For I pray, Let them not rejoice over me, who when my foot slips boast against me. |
| 17 | For I am ready to halt
and
fall; my pain
and
sorrow are continually before me. |
| 18 | For I do confess my guilt
and
iniquity; I am filled with sorrow for my sin. |
| 19 | But my enemies are vigorous
and
strong, and those who hate me wrongfully are multiplied. |
| 20 | They also that render evil for good are adversaries to me, because I follow the thing that is good. |
| 21 | Forsake me not, O Lord; O my God, be not far from me. |
| 22 | Make haste to help me, O Lord, my Salvation. |
Cross references:
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Psalm 38:11 : Luke 23:49.
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Psalm 38:18 : II Cor. 7:9, 10.
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