Psalms Chapter 38 - Revised Standard Version

Psalms Chapter 38 - Revised Standard Version

^1. A Psalm of David, for the memorial offering. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy anger, nor chasten me in thy wrath!

^2. For thy arrows have sunk into me, and thy hand has come down on me.

^3. There is no soundness in my flesh because of thy indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin.

^4. For my iniquities have gone over my head; they weigh like a burden too heavy for me.

^5. My wounds grow foul and fester because of my foolishness,

^6. I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all the day I go about mourning.

^7. For my loins are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.

^8. I am utterly spent and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart.

^9. Lord, all my longing is known to thee, my sighing is not hidden from thee.

^10. My heart throbs, my strength fails me; and the light of my eyes--it also has gone from me.

^11. My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my kinsmen stand afar off.

^12. Those who seek my life lay their snares, those who seek my hurt speak of ruin, and meditate treachery all the day long.

^13. But I am like a deaf man, I do not hear, like a dumb man who does not open his mouth.

^14. Yea, I am like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no rebukes.

^15. But for thee, O LORD, do I wait; it is thou, O LORD my God, who wilt answer.

^16. For I pray, "Only let them not rejoice over me, who boast against me when my foot slips!"

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

^18. I confess my iniquity, I am sorry for my sin.

^19. Those who are my foes without cause are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully.

^20. Those who render me evil for good are my adversaries because I follow after good.

^21. Do not forsake me, O LORD! O my God, be not far from me!

^22. Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!

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