Psalms Chapter 38 - New International Version

Psalms Chapter 38 - New International Version

^1. Psalm 38 A psalm of David. A petition.

^1. O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.

^2. For your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down upon me.

^3. Because of your wrath there is no health in my body; my bones have no soundness because of my sin.

^4. My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear.

^5. My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly.

^6. I am bowed down and brought very low; all day long I go about mourning.

^7. My back is filled with searing pain; there is no health in my body.

^8. I am feeble and utterly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.

^9. All my longings lie open before you, O Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you.

^10. My heart pounds, my strength fails me; even the light has gone from my eyes.

^11. My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbors stay far away.

^12. Those who seek my life set their traps, those who would harm me talk of my ruin; all day long they plot deception.

^13. I am like a deaf man, who cannot hear, like a mute, who cannot open his mouth;

^14. I have become like a man who does not hear, whose mouth can offer no reply.

^15. I wait for you, O LORD; you will answer, O Lord my God.

^16. For I said, "Do not let them gloat or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips."

^17. For I am about to fall, and my pain is ever with me.

^18. I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.

^19. Many are those who are my vigorous enemies; those who hate me without reason are numerous.

^20. Those who repay my good with evil slander me when I pursue what is good.

^21. O LORD, do not forsake me; be not far from me, O my God.

^22. Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.

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